PITYROGRAMMA CALOMELANOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pityrogramma calomelanos mean? 

• PITYROGRAMMA CALOMELANOS (noun)
  The noun PITYROGRAMMA CALOMELANOS has 1 sense:

1. tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides

  Familiarity information: PITYROGRAMMA CALOMELANOS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PITYROGRAMMA CALOMELANOS (noun)

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Meaning:

Tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Pityrogramma calomelanos; silver fern

Hypernyms ("Pityrogramma calomelanos" 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 ("Pityrogramma calomelanos" is a member of...):

genus Pityrogramma; Pityrogramma (terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae)