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swordfern

swordfern is the alternative form 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.

Forms of swordfern

pluralswordferns

Questions about swordfern

What is swordfern the alternative form of?
Swordfern is the alternative form of sword fern.

Words near swordfern in the dictionary

  1. sworded
  2. sworder
  3. sworders
  4. swordery
  5. swordes
  6. swordfern
  7. swordferns
  8. swordfight
  9. swordfighter
  10. swordfighters
  11. swordfighting

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