ASPLENIUM NIDUS

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Meaning:

Tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches

Synonyms:

Asplenium nidus; bird's nest fern

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Asplenium nidus" 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 ("Asplenium nidus" is a member of...):

Asplenium; genus Asplenium (in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae)

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