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BULBLET FERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bulblet fern mean?
• BULBLET FERN (noun)
The noun BULBLET FERN has 1 sense:
1. North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets
Familiarity information: BULBLET FERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
berry fern; bulblet bladder fern; bulblet fern; Cystopteris bulbifera
Hypernyms ("bulblet fern" is a kind of...):
bladder fern (any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori)
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