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    ACROSTICHUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Acrostichum; genus Acrostichum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Acrostichum" is a kind of...):

    fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

    Meronyms (members of "Acrostichum"):

    Acrostichum aureum; golden fern; leather fern (stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides)

    Holonyms ("Acrostichum" is a member of...):

    family Pteridaceae; Pteridaceae (one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided)

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