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CLIMBING MAIDENHAIR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does climbing maidenhair mean?
• CLIMBING MAIDENHAIR (noun)
The noun CLIMBING MAIDENHAIR has 1 sense:
1. tropical fern widespread in Old World; naturalized in Jamaica and Florida
Familiarity information: CLIMBING MAIDENHAIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical fern widespread in Old World; naturalized in Jamaica and Florida
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
climbing maidenhair; climbing maidenhair fern; Lygodium microphyllum; snake fern
Hypernyms ("climbing maidenhair" is a kind of...):
climbing fern (any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining)
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