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PITYROGRAMMA ARGENTEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides
Synonyms:
Pityrogramma argentea; silver fern
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pityrogramma argentea" 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 ("Pityrogramma argentea" is a member of...):
genus Pityrogramma; Pityrogramma (terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae)