PRINCE-OF-WALES PLUME

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea

Synonyms:

crape fern; Leptopteris superba; Prince-of-Wales feather; Prince-of-Wales fern; Prince-of-Wales plume; Todea superba

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Prince-of-Wales plume" 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 ("Prince-of-Wales plume" is a member of...):

genus Leptopteris; Leptopteris (including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea)

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