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KILLARNEY FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Killarney fern mean? 

KILLARNEY FERN (noun)
  The noun KILLARNEY FERN has 1 sense:

1. large stout fern of extreme western Europeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


KILLARNEY FERN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large stout fern of extreme western Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Killarney fern; Trichomanes speciosum

Hypernyms ("Killarney fern" is a kind of...):

bristle fern; filmy fern (any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks)


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