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small genus of tropical ferns; sometimes placed in Polypodiaceae

: a small genus of mainly tropical ferns (family Polypodiaceae) having large pinnate fronds, the pinnae articulated at the rachis, and the sori on the upper branches of the free veins — see sword fern

nephrolepis /nef-rə-lēˈpis/

Any fern of the genus Nephrolepis with pinnate fronds and kidney-shaped indusia, some being grown as house plants

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nephrolepis noun see separate entry

Main Entry: ↑nephro-