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sword fern

sword fern noun: any fern in the genus Nephrolepis, typically with long, straight-sided fronds shaped like a two-edged sword, and widely grown as houseplants.

sword fern: any fern in the genus Nephrolepis, typically with long, straight-sided fronds shaped like a...
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Noun

sword fern (plural sword ferns)

  1. Any fern in the genus Nephrolepis, typically with long, straight-sided fronds shaped like a two-edged sword, and widely grown as houseplants.
  2. Some ferns in the genus Polystichum which look like the typical Nephrolepis sword ferns.

Forms of sword fern

pluralsword ferns

Questions about sword fern

What does sword fern mean?
Sword fern means any fern in the genus Nephrolepis, typically with long, straight-sided fronds shaped like a two-edged sword, and widely grown as houseplants.
What part of speech is sword fern?
Sword fern is a noun.
What is the plural of sword fern?
The plural of sword fern is sword ferns.

Words near sword fern in the dictionary

  1. sword dances
  2. sword dollar
  3. sword dollars
  4. sword drill
  5. sword drills
  6. sword fern
  7. sword ferns
  8. sword fighting
  9. sword grass
  10. sword grasses
  11. sword hand

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