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GRASS FERN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America
Synonyms:
grass fern; ribbon fern; Vittaria lineata
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("grass fern" 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 ("grass fern" is a member of...):
genus Vittaria; Vittaria (tropical epiphytic ferns with straplike fronds)