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TOOTHED SWORD FERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does toothed sword fern mean?
• TOOTHED SWORD FERN (noun)
The noun TOOTHED SWORD FERN has 1 sense:
1. tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil
Familiarity information: TOOTHED SWORD FERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
basket fern; Nephrolepis pectinata; toothed sword fern
Hypernyms ("toothed sword fern" is a kind of...):
sword fern (any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed)
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