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GLEICHENIA FLABELLATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gleichenia flabellata mean? 

GLEICHENIA FLABELLATA (noun)
  The noun GLEICHENIA FLABELLATA has 1 sense:

1. large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleicheniaplay

  Familiarity information: GLEICHENIA FLABELLATA used as a noun is very rare.


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GLEICHENIA FLABELLATA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fan fern; Gleichenia flabellata; Sticherus flabellatus; umbrella fern

Hypernyms ("Gleichenia flabellata" 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 ("Gleichenia flabellata" is a member of...):

genus Sticherus; Sticherus (umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand)


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