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KING FERN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
Synonyms:
ditch fern; French bracken; king fern; Osmunda regalis; royal fern; royal osmund
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("king fern" is a kind of...):
flowering fern; osmund (any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa
Synonyms:
crepe fern; king fern; Todea barbara
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("king fern" is a kind of...):
fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Holonyms ("king fern" is a member of...):
genus Todea; Todea (a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae)
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