HARE'S-FOOT FERN

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

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

1. either of two ferns of the genus Davallia having a soft grey hairy rootstock

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARE'S-FOOT FERN (noun)

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Meaning:

Either of two ferns of the genus Davallia having a soft grey hairy rootstock

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hare's-foot fern"):

Canary Island hare's foot fern; Davallia canariensis (fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira)

Australian hare's foot; Davallia pyxidata (a hare's-foot fern of the genus Davallia)

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

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