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ONOCLEA SENSIBILIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes
Synonyms:
bead fern; Onoclea sensibilis; sensitive fern
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Onoclea sensibilis" 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 ("Onoclea sensibilis" is a member of...):
genus Onoclea; Onoclea (one species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae)
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