leather fern

Noun
  1. Stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides (synset 113227076)
    domain region: america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
    belongs to: acrostichum, genus acrostichum - in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
    same as: acrostichum aureum, golden fern
  2. Widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds (synset 113221884)
    is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
    belongs to: genus rumohra, rumohra - leatherleaf ferns: in some classifications included in genus Polystichum
    same as: leatherleaf fern, polystichum adiantiformis, rumohra adiantiformis, ten-day fern

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