POLYSTICHUM ADIANTIFORMIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polystichum adiantiformis mean? 

• POLYSTICHUM ADIANTIFORMIS (noun)
  The noun POLYSTICHUM ADIANTIFORMIS has 1 sense:

1. widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds

  Familiarity information: POLYSTICHUM ADIANTIFORMIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYSTICHUM ADIANTIFORMIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

leather fern; leatherleaf fern; Polystichum adiantiformis; Rumohra adiantiformis; ten-day fern

Hypernyms ("Polystichum adiantiformis" 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 ("Polystichum adiantiformis" is a member of...):

genus Rumohra; Rumohra (leatherleaf ferns: in some classifications included in genus Polystichum)