athyrium distentifolium

1. 1.

   a lady fern with deeply cut leaf segments; found in the Rocky Mountains

   SynonymsAlpine lady fern

   Broaderlady fern

Questions about athyrium distentifolium

What does athyrium distentifolium mean?

athyrium distentifolium means "a lady fern with deeply cut leaf segments; found in the Rocky Mountains".

What is another word for athyrium distentifolium?

Close synonyms include Alpine lady fern. 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 athyrium distentifolium a common word?

athyrium distentifolium 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.