SKELETON FORK FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skeleton fork fern mean? 

• SKELETON FORK FERN (noun)
  The noun SKELETON FORK FERN has 1 sense:

1. pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves; America; Japan; Australia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKELETON FORK FERN (noun)

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Meaning:

Pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves; America; Japan; Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Psilotum nudum; skeleton fork fern

Hypernyms ("skeleton fork fern" is a kind of...):

whisk fern (chiefly tropical clump-forming plants of skeletal appearance resembling whisk brooms; lacking roots)