KIDNEY FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kidney fern mean? 

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

1. large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• KIDNEY FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

kidney fern; Trichomanes reniforme

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

bristle fern; filmy fern (any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks)