ONOCLEA SENSIBILIS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes

Synonyms:

bead fern; Onoclea sensibilis; sensitive fern

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Onoclea sensibilis" 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 ("Onoclea sensibilis" is a member of...):

genus Onoclea; Onoclea (one species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae)

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