RESURRECTION FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does resurrection fern mean? 

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

1. fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESURRECTION FERN (noun)

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Meaning:

Fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

gray polypody; grey polypody; Polypodium polypodioides; resurrection fern

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

polypody (any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium)