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SCOLOPENDRIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scolopendrium mean?
• SCOLOPENDRIUM (noun)
The noun SCOLOPENDRIUM has 1 sense:
1. a fern thought to resemble a millipede
Familiarity information: SCOLOPENDRIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fern thought to resemble a millipede
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("scolopendrium" 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)
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