SEED FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seed fern mean? 

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

1. an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEED FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pteridosperm; seed fern

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

gymnosperm (plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary)