RASP FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rasp fern mean? 

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

1. any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RASP FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

doodia; rasp fern

Hypernyms ("rasp 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 ("rasp fern" is a member of...):

Doodia; genus Doodia (in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; small terrestrial colony-forming ferns of Australasia)