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ONOCLEA SENSIBILIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Onoclea sensibilis mean?
• ONOCLEA SENSIBILIS (noun)
The noun ONOCLEA SENSIBILIS has 1 sense:
1. beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes
Familiarity information: ONOCLEA SENSIBILIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bead fern; Onoclea sensibilis; sensitive fern
Hypernyms ("Onoclea sensibilis" 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 ("Onoclea sensibilis" is a member of...):
genus Onoclea; Onoclea (one species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae)
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