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NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA BOSTONIENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis mean? 

NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA BOSTONIENSIS (noun)
  The noun NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA BOSTONIENSIS has 1 sense:

1. a sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds; a popular houseplantplay

  Familiarity information: NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA BOSTONIENSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA BOSTONIENSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds; a popular houseplant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Boston fern; Nephrolepis exaltata; Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis

Hypernyms ("Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis" 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)


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