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climbing fern - any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining | ||
fern any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores | ||
climber someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains; "the lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes" | ||
genus lygodium, lygodium chiefly tropical climbing ferns | ||
creeping fern, hartford fern, lygodium palmatum delicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile fronds |