hare's-foot fern

1. 1.

   either of two ferns of the genus Davallia having a soft grey hairy rootstock

   Broaderdavallia

   NarrowerCanary Island hare's foot fernAustralian hare's foot

   Part ofgenus Davallia

Questions about hare's-foot fern

What does hare's-foot fern mean?

hare's-foot fern means "either of two ferns of the genus Davallia having a soft grey hairy rootstock".

Is hare's-foot fern a common word?

hare's-foot 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.