POLYSTICHUM ACULEATUM

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Meaning:

Tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum

Synonyms:

Cyrtomium aculeatum; holly fern; Polystichum aculeatum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Polystichum aculeatum" 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)

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