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lygodium


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lygodium  \Ly*go"di*um\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  flexible;  ?  a  willow 
  twig  +  ?  form.]  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  of  ferns  with  twining  or  climbing  fronds,  bearing 
  stalked  and  variously-lobed  divisions  in  pairs. 
 
  Note:  Lygodium  palmatum,  much  prized  for  indoor  ornament, 
  inhabits  shaded  and  moist  grassy  places,  from 
  Massachusetts  to  Virginia  and  Kentucky,  and  sparingly 
  southwards. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Lygodium 
  n  :  chiefly  tropical  climbing  ferns  [syn:  {Lygodium},  {genus 
  Lygodium}] 




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