PARATHELYPTERIS NOVAE-BORACENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parathelypteris novae-boracensis mean? 

• PARATHELYPTERIS NOVAE-BORACENSIS (noun)
  The noun PARATHELYPTERIS NOVAE-BORACENSIS has 1 sense:

1. slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris

  Familiarity information: PARATHELYPTERIS NOVAE-BORACENSIS used as a noun is very rare.

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• PARATHELYPTERIS NOVAE-BORACENSIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dryopteris noveboracensis; New York fern; Parathelypteris novae-boracensis

Hypernyms ("Parathelypteris novae-boracensis" 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 ("Parathelypteris novae-boracensis" is a member of...):

genus Parathelypteris; Parathelypteris (terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America)