angiopteris

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

angiopteris
    n 1: highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of
         the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall [syn:
         {angiopteris}, {giant fern}, {Angiopteris evecta}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

angiopteris \angiopteris\ n.
   1. 1 a highly variable species ({Angiopteris evecta}) of very
      large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with
      high rainfall.

   Syn: giant fern
        [WordNet 1.5]

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