HyperDic: leather_fern

English > 2 senses of the expression leather fern:
NOUNplantleather fern, golden fern, Acrostichum aureumstout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
plantleather fern, leatherleaf fern, ten-day fern, Rumohra adiantiformis, Polystichum adiantiformiswidely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
English > leather fern: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaningstout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides.
Synonymsgolden fern, Acrostichum aureum
Member ofAcrostichum, genus AcrostichumIn some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
RegionUnited States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean
BroaderfernAny of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward
English > leather fern: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaningwidely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds.
Synonymsleatherleaf fern, ten-day fern, Rumohra adiantiformis, Polystichum adiantiformis
Member ofRumohra, genus Rumohraleatherleaf ferns
BroaderfernAny of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward

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