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BLACK-STEM SPLEENWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black-stem spleenwort mean? 

BLACK-STEM SPLEENWORT (noun)
  The noun BLACK-STEM SPLEENWORT has 1 sense:

1. fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazilplay

  Familiarity information: BLACK-STEM SPLEENWORT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACK-STEM SPLEENWORT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black-stem spleenwort; black-stemmed spleenwort; little ebony spleenwort

Hypernyms ("black-stem spleenwort" is a kind of...):

spleenwort (any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium)


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