golden fern

Questions about golden fern

What does golden fern mean?

golden fern means "tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for golden fern?

Close synonyms include Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava, leather fern, Acrostichum aureum. 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 golden fern a common word?

golden fern is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.