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ONOCLEA STRUTHIOPTERIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Onoclea struthiopteris mean? 

ONOCLEA STRUTHIOPTERIS (noun)
  The noun ONOCLEA STRUTHIOPTERIS has 1 sense:

1. tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumesplay

  Familiarity information: ONOCLEA STRUTHIOPTERIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ONOCLEA STRUTHIOPTERIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fiddlehead; Matteuccia struthiopteris; Onoclea struthiopteris; ostrich fern; Pteretis struthiopteris; shuttlecock fern

Hypernyms ("Onoclea struthiopteris" 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 struthiopteris" is a member of...):

genus Matteuccia; genus Pteretis; Matteuccia; Pteretis (small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae)


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