SPIDER FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spider fern mean? 

• SPIDER FERN (noun)
  The noun SPIDER FERN has 2 senses:

1. fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands

2. Asiatic fern introduced in America

  Familiarity information: SPIDER FERN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIDER FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Pteris serrulata; ribbon fern; spider fern

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Asiatic fern introduced in America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Pteris multifida; spider brake; spider fern

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

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