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    KING FERN

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted frondsplay

    Synonyms:

    ditch fern; French bracken; king fern; Osmunda regalis; royal fern; royal osmund

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("king fern" is a kind of...):

    flowering fern; osmund (any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africaplay

    Synonyms:

    crepe fern; king fern; Todea barbara

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    genus Todea; Todea (a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae)

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