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TOOTHED SWORD FERN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil
Synonyms:
basket fern; Nephrolepis pectinata; toothed sword fern
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Hypernyms ("toothed sword fern" is a kind of...):
sword fern (any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed)