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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 undersides
2. fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides
Familiarity information: SILVER FERN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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