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UMBRELLA FERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does umbrella fern mean?
• UMBRELLA FERN (noun)
The noun UMBRELLA FERN has 1 sense:
1. large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia
Familiarity information: UMBRELLA FERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
fan fern; Gleichenia flabellata; Sticherus flabellatus; umbrella fern
Hypernyms ("umbrella 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 ("umbrella fern" is a member of...):
genus Sticherus; Sticherus (umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand)
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