BRITTLE BLADDER FERN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does brittle bladder fern mean? 

• BRITTLE BLADDER FERN (noun)
  The noun BRITTLE BLADDER FERN has 1 sense:

1. delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRITTLE BLADDER FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

brittle bladder fern; brittle fern; Cystopteris fragilis; fragile fern

Hypernyms ("brittle bladder fern" is a kind of...):

bladder fern (any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori)