BRITTLE FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brittle fern mean? 

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

1. delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRITTLE FERN (noun)

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Meaning:

Delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

brittle bladder fern; brittle fern; Cystopteris fragilis; fragile fern

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

bladder fern (any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori)