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sword ferns

sword ferns is the plural of sword fern.

Meaning of sword fern

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.

Questions about sword ferns

What is sword ferns the plural of?
Sword ferns is the plural of sword fern.

Words near sword ferns in the dictionary

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

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