asparagus fern

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   a fernlike plant native to South Africa

   SynonymsAsparagus setaceousAsparagus plumosus

   Broaderherb

   Part ofgenus Asparagus

Questions about asparagus fern

What does asparagus fern mean?

asparagus fern means "a fernlike plant native to South Africa".

What is another word for asparagus fern?

Close synonyms include Asparagus setaceous, Asparagus plumosus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asparagus fern a common word?

asparagus fern is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.