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SCENTED FERN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally

Synonyms:

golden buttons; scented fern; Tanacetum vulgare; tansy

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Nouns denoting plants

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

composite; composite plant (considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers)

Holonyms ("scented fern" is a member of...):

genus Tanacetum; Tanacetum (a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds

Synonyms:

Mohria caffrorum; scented fern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

genus Mohria; Mohria (African terrestrial ferns)

Sense 3

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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