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POTATO FERN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings along rhizomes

Synonyms:

potato fern; Solanopteris bifrons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("potato 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 ("potato fern" is a member of...):

genus Solanopteris; Solanopteris (tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people

Synonyms:

Marattia salicina; potato fern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("potato 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 ("potato fern" is a member of...):

genus Marattia; Marattia (type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows)

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