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FAN FERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fan fern mean?
• FAN FERN (noun)
The noun FAN FERN has 1 sense:
1. large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia
Familiarity information: FAN FERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("fan 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 ("fan fern" is a member of...):
genus Sticherus; Sticherus (umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand)
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