CAROLINA POND FERN

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Meaning:

Small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe

Synonyms:

Azolla caroliniana; Carolina pond fern; floating fern; mosquito fern

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Carolina pond fern" is a kind of...):

aquatic fern; water fern (ferns that grow in water)

Holonyms ("Carolina pond fern" is a member of...):

Azolla; genus Azolla (a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae)

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