GIANT FERN
Dictionary entry overview: What does giant fern mean? • GIANT FERN (noun)
The noun GIANT FERN has 1 sense:
1. highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall
Familiarity information: GIANT FERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GIANT FERN (noun)
Meaning:
Highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
angiopteris; Angiopteris evecta; giant fern
Hypernyms ("giant fern" is a kind of...):
tree fern (any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae)
Holonyms ("giant fern" is a member of...):
genus Angiopteris (one species: tree fern)
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