HELMINTHOSTACHYS ZEYLANICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Helminthostachys zeylanica mean? 

• HELMINTHOSTACHYS ZEYLANICA (noun)
  The noun HELMINTHOSTACHYS ZEYLANICA has 1 sense:

1. Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds

  Familiarity information: HELMINTHOSTACHYS ZEYLANICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELMINTHOSTACHYS ZEYLANICA (noun)

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Meaning:

Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

flowering fern; Helminthostachys zeylanica

Hypernyms ("Helminthostachys zeylanica" 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 ("Helminthostachys zeylanica" is a member of...):

genus Helminthostachys; Helminthostachys (one species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia)