HyperDic: prince-of-wales_feather

English > 1 sense of the expression Prince-of-Wales feather:
NOUNplantPrince-of-Wales feather, crape fern, Prince-of-Wales fern, Prince-of-Wales plume, Leptopteris superba, Todea superbaNew Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks
English > Prince-of-Wales feather: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningNew Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea.
Synonymscrape fern, Prince-of-Wales fern, Prince-of-Wales plume, Leptopteris superba, Todea superba
Member ofLeptopteris, genus LeptopterisIncluding some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea
BroaderfernAny of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward

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