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NEPHROLEPIS PECTINATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nephrolepis pectinata mean? 

NEPHROLEPIS PECTINATA (noun)
  The noun NEPHROLEPIS PECTINATA has 1 sense:

1. tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazilplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


NEPHROLEPIS PECTINATA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

basket fern; Nephrolepis pectinata; toothed sword fern

Hypernyms ("Nephrolepis pectinata" 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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