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FLOWER-CUP FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flower-cup fern mean? 

FLOWER-CUP FERN (noun)
  The noun FLOWER-CUP FERN has 1 sense:

1. slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal soriplay

  Familiarity information: FLOWER-CUP FERN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLOWER-CUP FERN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alpine woodsia; flower-cup fern; northern woodsia; Woodsia alpina

Hypernyms ("flower-cup fern" is a kind of...):

woodsia (any fern of the genus Woodsia)


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