hand fern

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   tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds

   SynonymsDoryopteris pedata

   Broaderfern

   Part ofDoryopteris

Questions about hand fern

What does hand fern mean?

hand fern means "tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds".

What is another word for hand fern?

Close synonyms include Doryopteris pedata. 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 hand fern a common word?

hand 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.