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HARE'S-FOOT FERN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Either of two ferns of the genus Davallia having a soft grey hairy rootstock
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hare's-foot fern" is a kind of...):
davallia (any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hare's-foot fern"):
Canary Island hare's foot fern; Davallia canariensis (fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira)
Australian hare's foot; Davallia pyxidata (a hare's-foot fern of the genus Davallia)
Holonyms ("hare's-foot fern" is a member of...):
genus Davallia (Old World tropical fern; in some classification systems placed directly in family Polypodiaceae)