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MOUNTAIN FERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain fern mean?
• MOUNTAIN FERN (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN FERN has 1 sense:
1. common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds
Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN FERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dryopteris oreopteris; mountain fern; Oreopteris limbosperma
Hypernyms ("mountain 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 ("mountain fern" is a member of...):
genus Oreopteris; Oreopteris (3 species of ferns formerly included in genus Dryopteris or Thelypteris)
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