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BLACK-STEMMED SPLEENWORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black-stemmed spleenwort mean?
• BLACK-STEMMED SPLEENWORT (noun)
The noun BLACK-STEMMED SPLEENWORT has 1 sense:
1. fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazil
Familiarity information: BLACK-STEMMED SPLEENWORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLACK-STEMMED 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-stemmed spleenwort" is a kind of...):
spleenwort (any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium)
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