nephrolepis

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1. small genus of tropical ferns; sometimes placed in Polypodiaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fern genus,
definition	:	genera of ferns and fern allies (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	sword fern,
definition	:	any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family oleandraceae, oleandraceae,
definition	:	one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems (noun.plant)