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hay-scented fern

hay-scented fern noun: any fern of genus Dennstaetia, of many warm temperate to tropical regions, especially.

hay-scented fern: any fern of genus Dennstaetia, of many warm temperate to tropical regions, especially
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Noun

hay-scented fern (countable and uncountable, plural hay-scented ferns)

  1. Any fern of genus Dennstaetia, of many warm temperate to tropical regions, especially
  2. any fern of species Dennstaedtia punctilobula, native to cool-temperate eastern North America.
    Synonyms:
    eastern hay-scented fern
  3. A hay-scented buckler-fern, of species Dryopteris aemula, native to western Europe and Macaronesia.

Synonyms of hay-scented fern

  • eastern hay-scented fern

Forms of hay-scented fern

pluralhay-scented ferns

Questions about hay-scented fern

What does hay-scented fern mean?
Hay-scented fern means any fern of genus Dennstaetia, of many warm temperate to tropical regions, especially.
What part of speech is hay-scented fern?
Hay-scented fern is a noun.
What is the plural of hay-scented fern?
The plural of hay-scented fern is hay-scented ferns.

Words near hay-scented fern in the dictionary

  1. hay-cocks
  2. hay-day
  3. hay-days
  4. hay-fever
  5. Hay-on-Wye
  6. hay-scented fern
  7. hay-scented ferns
  8. Hay-Wells syndrome
  9. haya
  10. Hayagriva
  11. hayah

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