hay-scented fern

What does hay-scented fern mean?

hay-scented fern means "fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay".

What is another word for hay-scented fern?

Close synonyms include hay-scented, scented fern, boulder fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula. 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 hay-scented fern a common word?

hay-scented 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hay-scented fern come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.