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LACE FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lace fern mean? 

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

1. small tufted fern of northwestern Americaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LACE FERN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small tufted fern of northwestern America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cheilanthes gracillima; lace fern

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

Cheilanthes; genus Cheilanthes (small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae)


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