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lady fern

lady fern noun: athyrium filix-femina, native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere.

lady fern: athyrium filix-femina, native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere
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Noun

lady fern (plural lady ferns)

  1. Athyrium filix-femina, native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
    Synonyms:
    common lady fern
  2. Other species of genus Athyrium.
  3. Certain other species of fern.

Synonyms of lady fern

  • common lady fern

Forms of lady fern

plurallady ferns

Words formed from lady fern

  • alpine lady fern
  • American alpine lady fern
  • austral lady fern
  • black lady fern
  • Japanese lady fern
  • northeastern lady fern
  • northern lady fern
  • scaly lady fern
  • southern lady fern

Questions about lady fern

What does lady fern mean?
Lady fern means athyrium filix-femina, native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
What part of speech is lady fern?
Lady fern is a noun.
What is the plural of lady fern?
The plural of lady fern is lady ferns.

Words near lady fern in the dictionary

  1. lady crab
  2. lady crabs
  3. Lady Curzon soup
  4. Lady Day
  5. Lady Days
  6. lady fern
  7. lady ferns
  8. lady flies
  9. lady fly
  10. lady friend
  11. lady friends

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