COMMON STAGHORN FERN

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Meaning:

Commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia

Synonyms:

common staghorn fern; elkhorn fern; Platycerium alcicorne; Platycerium bifurcatum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("common staghorn fern" is a kind of...):

staghorn fern (any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag)

Holonyms ("common staghorn fern" is a member of...):

genus Platycerium; Platycerium (often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns)

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