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PRINCE-OF-WALES PLUME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Prince-of-Wales plume mean?
• PRINCE-OF-WALES PLUME (noun)
The noun PRINCE-OF-WALES PLUME has 1 sense:
1. New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea
Familiarity information: PRINCE-OF-WALES PLUME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PRINCE-OF-WALES PLUME (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
crape fern; Leptopteris superba; Prince-of-Wales feather; Prince-of-Wales fern; Prince-of-Wales plume; Todea superba
Hypernyms ("Prince-of-Wales plume" 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 ("Prince-of-Wales plume" is a member of...):
genus Leptopteris; Leptopteris (including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea)
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