HyperDic: sword_fern

English > 1 sense of the expression sword fern:
NOUNplantsword fernany of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
English > sword fern: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed.
Member ofNephrolepis, genus Nephrolepissmall genus of tropical ferns
NarrowerBoston fern, Nephrolepis exaltata, Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensisA sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds
basket fern, toothed sword fern, Nephrolepis pectinataTropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage
BroaderfernAny of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward

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