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OLEANDER FERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oleander fern mean?
• OLEANDER FERN (noun)
The noun OLEANDER FERN has 1 sense:
1. tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesia
Familiarity information: OLEANDER FERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
oleander fern; Oleandra mollis; Oleandra neriiformis
Hypernyms ("oleander 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 ("oleander fern" is a member of...):
genus Oleandra; Oleandra (or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns)
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