GOLDEN FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does golden fern mean? 

• GOLDEN FERN (noun)
  The noun GOLDEN FERN has 2 senses:

1. tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides

2. stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides

  Familiarity information: GOLDEN FERN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLDEN FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

golden fern; Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava

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

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

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

genus Pityrogramma; Pityrogramma (terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acrostichum aureum; golden fern; leather fern

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

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

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

Acrostichum; genus Acrostichum (in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae)