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Lygodium

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Ly`go´di`um
n.1.(Bot.) A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs.
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Noun1.Lygodium - chiefly tropical climbing fernsLygodium - chiefly tropical climbing ferns      
genus Lygodium
family Schizaeaceae, Schizaeaceae - small family of mainly tropical ferns
climbing fern - any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining
fern genus - genera of ferns and fern allies
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