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    GENUS NEPHROLEPIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of tropical ferns; sometimes placed in Polypodiaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Nephrolepis; Nephrolepis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Nephrolepis" is a kind of...):

    fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Nephrolepis"):

    sword fern (any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed)

    Holonyms ("genus Nephrolepis" is a member of...):

    family Oleandraceae; Oleandraceae (one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems)

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