SOFT TREE FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soft tree fern mean? 

• SOFT TREE FERN (noun)
  The noun SOFT TREE FERN has 1 sense:

1. of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOFT TREE FERN (noun)

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Meaning:

Of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dicksonia antarctica; soft tree fern

Hypernyms ("soft tree 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 ("soft tree fern" is a member of...):

Dicksonia; genus Dicksonia (tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae)