PYRROSIA LINGUA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

East Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus

Synonyms:

Cyclophorus lingua; felt fern; Pyrrosia lingua; tongue fern

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Pyrrosia lingua" 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 ("Pyrrosia lingua" is a member of...):

genus Pyrrosia; Pyrrosia (epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World)

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