fern family

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   families of ferns and fern allies

   Broaderfamily

   NarrowerHymenophyllaceaeOsmundaceaeSchizaeaceaeMarsileaceaeSalviniaceaeAzollaceaeOphioglossaceaeGleicheniaceaeParkeriaceaePolypodiaceae

   Part ofPteridophyta

Questions about fern family

What does fern family mean?

fern family means "families of ferns and fern allies".

Is fern family a common word?

fern family 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.