WINTER FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does winter fern mean? 

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

1. large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINTER FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California fern; Conium maculatum; hemlock; Nebraska fern; poison hemlock; poison parsley; winter fern

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

poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

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

Conium; genus Conium (small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock)