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ADIANTUM TENERUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Adiantum tenerum mean?
• ADIANTUM TENERUM (noun)
The noun ADIANTUM TENERUM has 1 sense:
1. tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated
Familiarity information: ADIANTUM TENERUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Adiantum tenerum; brittle maidenhair; brittle maidenhair fern
Hypernyms ("Adiantum tenerum" is a kind of...):
maidenhair; maidenhair fern (any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Adiantum tenerum"):
Adiantum tenerum farleyense; Barbados maidenhair; Farley maidenhair; Farley maidenhair fern; glory fern (named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered)
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