SOLANOPTERIS BIFRONS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Solanopteris bifrons mean? 

• SOLANOPTERIS BIFRONS (noun)
  The noun SOLANOPTERIS BIFRONS has 1 sense:

1. small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings along rhizomes

  Familiarity information: SOLANOPTERIS BIFRONS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLANOPTERIS BIFRONS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings along rhizomes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

potato fern; Solanopteris bifrons

Hypernyms ("Solanopteris bifrons" 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 ("Solanopteris bifrons" is a member of...):

genus Solanopteris; Solanopteris (tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales)