BOULDER FERN

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Meaning:

Fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay

Synonyms:

boulder fern; Dennstaedtia punctilobula; hay-scented; hay-scented fern; scented fern

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("boulder fern" 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 ("boulder fern" is a member of...):

Dennstaedtia; genus Dennstaedtia (chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae)

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