DRYOPTERIS NOVEBORACENSIS

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Meaning:

Slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris

Synonyms:

Dryopteris noveboracensis; New York fern; Parathelypteris novae-boracensis

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Dryopteris noveboracensis" 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 ("Dryopteris noveboracensis" is a member of...):

genus Parathelypteris; Parathelypteris (terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America)

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