genus blechnum

1. 1.

   in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns

   SynonymsBlechnum

   Broaderfern genus

   Part ofBlechnaceae

Questions about genus blechnum

What does genus blechnum mean?

genus blechnum means "in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns".

What is another word for genus blechnum?

Close synonyms include Blechnum. 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 genus blechnum a common word?

genus blechnum 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.