CLOVER FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clover fern mean? 

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

1. any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOVER FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

clover fern; pepperwort

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

aquatic fern; water fern (ferns that grow in water)

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

common nardoo; Marsilea drummondii; nardo; nardoo (Australian clover fern)

Marsilea quadrifolia; water clover (water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves)

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

genus Marsilea; Marsilea (clover ferns)