MOSQUITO FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mosquito fern mean? 

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

1. small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOSQUITO FERN (noun)

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Meaning:

Small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Azolla caroliniana; Carolina pond fern; floating fern; mosquito fern

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

aquatic fern; water fern (ferns that grow in water)

Holonyms ("mosquito fern" is a member of...):

Azolla; genus Azolla (a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae)