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BALL FERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ball fern mean?
• BALL FERN (noun)
The noun BALL FERN has 1 sense:
1. feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia
Familiarity information: BALL FERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
ball fern; Davalia bullata; Davalia bullata mariesii; Davallia Mariesii; squirrel's-foot fern
Hypernyms ("ball fern" is a kind of...):
davallia (any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes)
Holonyms ("ball fern" is a member of...):
genus Davallia (Old World tropical fern; in some classification systems placed directly in family Polypodiaceae)
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