bristle fern

Questions about bristle fern

What does bristle fern mean?

bristle fern means "any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks".

What is another word for bristle fern?

Close synonyms include filmy 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 bristle fern a common word?

bristle 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.