LIMESTONE FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does limestone fern mean? 

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

1. yellow-green fern of rocky areas of northern hemisphere

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIMESTONE FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Yellow-green fern of rocky areas of northern hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Gymnocarpium robertianum; limestone fern; northern oak fern

Hypernyms ("limestone 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)