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SILVER FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silver fern mean? 

SILVER FERN (noun)
  The noun SILVER FERN has 2 senses:

1. tropical American fern having fronds with white undersidesplay

2. fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersidesplay

  Familiarity information: SILVER FERN used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SILVER FERN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Pityrogramma calomelanos; silver fern

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

genus Pityrogramma; Pityrogramma (terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Pityrogramma argentea; silver fern

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

genus Pityrogramma; Pityrogramma (terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae)


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