THELYPTERIS SIMULATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thelypteris simulata mean? 

• THELYPTERIS SIMULATA (noun)
  The noun THELYPTERIS SIMULATA has 1 sense:

1. delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris

  Familiarity information: THELYPTERIS SIMULATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THELYPTERIS SIMULATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Massachusetts fern; Parathelypteris simulata; Thelypteris simulata

Hypernyms ("Thelypteris simulata" 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 ("Thelypteris simulata" is a member of...):

genus Parathelypteris; Parathelypteris (terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America)