ASPLENIUM NIDUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Asplenium nidus mean? 

• ASPLENIUM NIDUS (noun)
  The noun ASPLENIUM NIDUS has 1 sense:

1. tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches

  Familiarity information: ASPLENIUM NIDUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASPLENIUM NIDUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asplenium nidus; bird's nest fern

Hypernyms ("Asplenium nidus" 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 ("Asplenium nidus" is a member of...):

Asplenium; genus Asplenium (in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae)