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ONOCLEA STRUTHIOPTERIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Onoclea struthiopteris mean?
• ONOCLEA STRUTHIOPTERIS (noun)
The noun ONOCLEA STRUTHIOPTERIS has 1 sense:
1. tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Familiarity information: ONOCLEA STRUTHIOPTERIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ONOCLEA STRUTHIOPTERIS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
fiddlehead; Matteuccia struthiopteris; Onoclea struthiopteris; ostrich fern; Pteretis struthiopteris; shuttlecock fern
Hypernyms ("Onoclea struthiopteris" 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 ("Onoclea struthiopteris" is a member of...):
genus Matteuccia; genus Pteretis; Matteuccia; Pteretis (small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae)
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