SILVERY SPLEENWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silvery spleenwort mean? 

• SILVERY SPLEENWORT (noun)
  The noun SILVERY SPLEENWORT has 2 senses:

1. fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores

2. North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks

  Familiarity information: SILVERY SPLEENWORT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILVERY SPLEENWORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Athyrium thelypteroides; Deparia acrostichoides; silvery spleenwort

Hypernyms ("silvery spleenwort" 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 ("silvery spleenwort" is a member of...):

Deparia; genus Deparia (classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns usually placed in other genera)

Sense 2

Meaning:

North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Athyrium pycnocarpon; Diplazium pycnocarpon; glade fern; narrow-leaved spleenwort; silvery spleenwort

Hypernyms ("silvery spleenwort" 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 ("silvery spleenwort" is a member of...):

Athyrium; genus Athyrium (temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium)