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UMBRELLA FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does umbrella fern mean? 

UMBRELLA FERN (noun)
  The noun UMBRELLA FERN has 1 sense:

1. large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleicheniaplay

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


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UMBRELLA FERN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fan fern; Gleichenia flabellata; Sticherus flabellatus; umbrella fern

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

genus Sticherus; Sticherus (umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand)


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