KING FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does king fern mean? 

• KING FERN (noun)
  The noun KING FERN has 2 senses:

1. fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa

2. large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds

  Familiarity information: KING FERN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KING FERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

crepe fern; king fern; Todea barbara

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

genus Todea; Todea (a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

ditch fern; French bracken; king fern; Osmunda regalis; royal fern; royal osmund

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

flowering fern; osmund (any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters)