BEECH FERN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does beech fern mean? 

• BEECH FERN (noun)
  The noun BEECH FERN has 1 sense:

1. any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds

  Familiarity information: BEECH FERN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEECH FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("beech fern" is a kind of...):

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beech fern"):

broad beech fern; Dryopteris hexagonoptera; Phegopteris hexagonoptera; southern beech fern; Thelypteris hexagonoptera (beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes)

Dryopteris phegopteris; long beech fern; narrow beech fern; northern beech fern; Phegopteris connectilis; Thelypteris phegopteris (beech fern of North America and Eurasia)

Holonyms ("beech fern" is a member of...):

genus Phegopteris; Phegopteris (beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypteris)