GRASS FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grass fern mean? 

• GRASS FERN (noun)
  The noun GRASS FERN has 1 sense:

1. epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America

  Familiarity information: GRASS FERN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRASS FERN (noun)

Meaning:

Epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

grass fern; Vittaria lineata; ribbon fern

Hypernyms ("grass fern" is a kind of...):

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Holonyms ("grass fern" is a member of...):

genus Vittaria; Vittaria (tropical epiphytic ferns with straplike fronds)