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GLORY FERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glory fern mean?
• GLORY FERN (noun)
The noun GLORY FERN has 1 sense:
1. named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
Familiarity information: GLORY FERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Adiantum tenerum farleyense; Barbados maidenhair; Farley maidenhair; Farley maidenhair fern; glory fern
Hypernyms ("glory fern" is a kind of...):
Adiantum tenerum; brittle maidenhair; brittle maidenhair fern (tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated)
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