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OLEANDRA NERIIFORMIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oleandra neriiformis mean? 

OLEANDRA NERIIFORMIS (noun)
  The noun OLEANDRA NERIIFORMIS has 1 sense:

1. tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesiaplay

  Familiarity information: OLEANDRA NERIIFORMIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OLEANDRA NERIIFORMIS (noun)


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 ("Oleandra neriiformis" 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 ("Oleandra neriiformis" is a member of...):

genus Oleandra; Oleandra (or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns)


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