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SPIDER BRAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spider brake mean? 

SPIDER BRAKE (noun)
  The noun SPIDER BRAKE has 1 sense:

1. Asiatic fern introduced in Americaplay

  Familiarity information: SPIDER BRAKE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPIDER BRAKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Asiatic fern introduced in America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Pteris multifida; spider brake; spider fern

Hypernyms ("spider brake" 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 ("spider brake" is a member of...):

genus Pteris; Pteris (large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae)


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