silvery spleenwort

Noun
  1. Fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores (synset 113217636)
    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: deparia, genus deparia - classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns usually placed in other genera
    same as: athyrium thelypteroides, deparia acrostichoides
  2. North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks (synset 113215816)
    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: athyrium, genus athyrium - temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium
    same as: athyrium pycnocarpon, diplazium pycnocarpon, glade fern, narrow-leaved spleenwort

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