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ADDER'S TONGUE FERN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
Synonyms:
adder's tongue; adder's tongue fern
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("adder's tongue fern" 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adder's tongue fern"):
Ophioglossum pendulum; ribbon fern (epiphytic fern with straplike usually twisted fronds of tropical Asia and Polynesia and America)
Holonyms ("adder's tongue fern" is a member of...):
genus Ophioglossum; Ophioglossum (the type genus of the fern family Ophioglossaceae)