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SPIDER FERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spider fern mean?
• SPIDER FERN (noun)
The noun SPIDER FERN has 2 senses:
1. fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands
2. Asiatic fern introduced in America
Familiarity information: SPIDER FERN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Pteris serrulata; ribbon fern; spider fern
Hypernyms ("spider 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 ("spider fern" is a member of...):
genus Pteris; Pteris (large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Asiatic fern introduced in America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Pteris multifida; spider brake; spider fern
Hypernyms ("spider 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 ("spider fern" 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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