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BOTRYCHIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Grape fern; moonwort

Synonyms:

Botrychium; genus Botrychium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Botrychium"):

grape fern (a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases)

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

family Ophioglossaceae; Ophioglossaceae (a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution)

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