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PLATYCERIUM ALCICORNE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia
Synonyms:
common staghorn fern; elkhorn fern; Platycerium alcicorne; Platycerium bifurcatum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Platycerium alcicorne" is a kind of...):
staghorn fern (any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag)
Holonyms ("Platycerium alcicorne" is a member of...):
genus Platycerium; Platycerium (often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns)