SPIDER BRAKE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Asiatic fern introduced in America

Synonyms:

Pteris multifida; spider brake; spider fern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("spider brake" 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 ("spider brake" is a member of...):

genus Pteris; Pteris (large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae)

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