CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cystopteris fragilis mean? 

• CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS (noun)
  The noun CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("Cystopteris fragilis" is a kind of...):

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