NOUN | plant | Athyrium thelypteroides, silvery spleenwort, Deparia acrostichoides | fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores |
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Meaning | fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores. | |
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Synonyms | silvery spleenwort, Deparia acrostichoides | |
Member of | Deparia, genus Deparia | classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns usually placed in other genera |
Broader | fern | Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward |
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