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SPIDER BRAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spider brake mean?
• SPIDER BRAKE (noun)
The noun SPIDER BRAKE has 1 sense:
1. Asiatic fern introduced in America
Familiarity information: SPIDER BRAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asiatic fern introduced in America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Pteris multifida; spider brake; spider fern
Hypernyms ("spider brake" 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 ("spider brake" is a member of...):
genus Pteris; Pteris (large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae)
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