BIRD'S NEST FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bird's nest fern mean? 

• BIRD'S NEST FERN (noun)
  The noun BIRD'S NEST FERN has 1 sense:

1. tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches

  Familiarity information: BIRD'S NEST FERN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIRD'S NEST FERN (noun)

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Meaning:

Tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asplenium nidus; bird's nest fern

Hypernyms ("bird's nest 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)

Holonyms ("bird's nest fern" is a member of...):

Asplenium; genus Asplenium (in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae)