PTERIDIUM ESCULENTUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pteridium esculentum mean? 

• PTERIDIUM ESCULENTUM (noun)
  The noun PTERIDIUM ESCULENTUM has 1 sense:

1. fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions

  Familiarity information: PTERIDIUM ESCULENTUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PTERIDIUM ESCULENTUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bracken; Pteridium esculentum

Hypernyms ("Pteridium esculentum" 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 ("Pteridium esculentum" is a member of...):

genus Pteridium; Pteridium (a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae)