GLADE FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glade fern mean? 

• GLADE FERN (noun)
  The noun GLADE FERN has 1 sense:

1. North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks

  Familiarity information: GLADE FERN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLADE FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Athyrium pycnocarpon; Diplazium pycnocarpon; glade fern; narrow-leaved spleenwort; silvery spleenwort

Hypernyms ("glade 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 ("glade fern" is a member of...):

Athyrium; genus Athyrium (temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium)