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OPHIOGLOSSUM PENDULUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ophioglossum pendulum mean?
• OPHIOGLOSSUM PENDULUM (noun)
The noun OPHIOGLOSSUM PENDULUM has 1 sense:
1. epiphytic fern with straplike usually twisted fronds of tropical Asia and Polynesia and America
Familiarity information: OPHIOGLOSSUM PENDULUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OPHIOGLOSSUM PENDULUM (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Epiphytic fern with straplike usually twisted fronds of tropical Asia and Polynesia and America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ophioglossum pendulum; ribbon fern
Hypernyms ("Ophioglossum pendulum" is a kind of...):
adder's tongue; adder's tongue fern (ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue)
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