MOUNTAIN FERN

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Meaning:

Common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds

Synonyms:

Dryopteris oreopteris; mountain fern; Oreopteris limbosperma

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mountain 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 ("mountain fern" is a member of...):

genus Oreopteris; Oreopteris (3 species of ferns formerly included in genus Dryopteris or Thelypteris)

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