GIANT FERN

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Meaning:

Highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall

Synonyms:

angiopteris; Angiopteris evecta; giant fern

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("giant fern" is a kind of...):

tree fern (any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae)

Holonyms ("giant fern" is a member of...):

genus Angiopteris (one species: tree fern)

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