lecanopteris

English Thesaurus

1. any of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic ants (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fern,
definition	:	any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus lecanopteris,
definition	:	epiphytic ferns of southeastern Asia to New Guinea (noun.plant)