SQUIRREL'S-FOOT FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does squirrel's-foot fern mean? 

• SQUIRREL'S-FOOT FERN (noun)
  The noun SQUIRREL'S-FOOT FERN has 1 sense:

1. feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia

  Familiarity information: SQUIRREL'S-FOOT FERN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUIRREL'S-FOOT FERN (noun)

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Meaning:

Feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

ball fern; Davalia bullata; Davalia bullata mariesii; Davallia Mariesii; squirrel's-foot fern

Hypernyms ("squirrel's-foot fern" is a kind of...):

davallia (any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes)

Holonyms ("squirrel's-foot fern" is a member of...):

genus Davallia (Old World tropical fern; in some classification systems placed directly in family Polypodiaceae)