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LEATHERLEAF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers
Synonyms:
Chamaedaphne calyculata; leatherleaf
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("leatherleaf" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("leatherleaf" is a member of...):
Chamaedaphne; genus Chamaedaphne (one species: leatherleaf)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib
Synonyms:
coast polypody; leatherleaf; leathery polypody; Polypodium scouleri
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("leatherleaf" is a kind of...):
polypody (any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium)
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