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RATTLESNAKE FERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rattlesnake fern mean?
• RATTLESNAKE FERN (noun)
The noun RATTLESNAKE FERN has 1 sense:
1. American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle
Familiarity information: RATTLESNAKE FERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Botrychium virginianum; rattlesnake fern
Hypernyms ("rattlesnake fern" is a kind of...):
grape fern (a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases)
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