English noun: tree fern |
1. | tree fern (plant) any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae |
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| Broader (hypernym) | fern |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | angiopteris, Angiopteris evecta, black tree fern, Cibotium barometz, Cyathea medullaris, Dicksonia antarctica, giant fern, sago fern, Scythian lamb, silver tree fern, soft tree fern, thyrsopteris, Thyrsopteris elegans |
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