GIANT FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giant fern mean? 

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

1. highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIANT FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

angiopteris; Angiopteris evecta; giant fern

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

tree fern (any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae)

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

genus Angiopteris (one species: tree fern)