HyperDic: lady_fern

English > 1 sense of the expression lady fern:
NOUNplantlady fern, Athyrium filix-feminamost widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage
English > lady fern: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningMost widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage.
SynonymAthyrium filix-femina
Member ofAthyrium, genus Athyriumtemperate and tropical lady ferns
NarrowerAlpine lady fern, Athyrium distentifoliumA lady fern with deeply cut leaf segments
BroaderfernAny of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward

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