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SILVER FERN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides

Synonyms:

Pityrogramma argentea; silver fern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("silver fern" 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 ("silver fern" is a member of...):

genus Pityrogramma; Pityrogramma (terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides

Synonyms:

Pityrogramma calomelanos; silver fern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("silver fern" 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 ("silver fern" is a member of...):

genus Pityrogramma; Pityrogramma (terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae)

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