athyrium filix-femina

1. 1.

   most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage

   Synonymslady fern

   Broaderfern

   NarrowerAlpine lady fern

   Part ofAthyrium

Questions about athyrium filix-femina

What does athyrium filix-femina mean?

athyrium filix-femina means "most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage".

What is another word for athyrium filix-femina?

Close synonyms include 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 filix-femina a common word?

athyrium filix-femina 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.