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POLYSTICHUM ACROSTICHOIDES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Polystichum acrostichoides mean?
• POLYSTICHUM ACROSTICHOIDES (noun)
The noun POLYSTICHUM ACROSTICHOIDES has 1 sense:
1. North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
Familiarity information: POLYSTICHUM ACROSTICHOIDES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POLYSTICHUM ACROSTICHOIDES (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
canker brake; Christmas fern; dagger fern; evergreen wood fern; Polystichum acrostichoides
Hypernyms ("Polystichum acrostichoides" 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 ("Polystichum acrostichoides" is a member of...):
genus Polystichum; Polystichum (small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae)
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