kidney fern

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   large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds

   SynonymsTrichomanes reniforme

   Broaderbristle fern

Questions about kidney fern

What does kidney fern mean?

kidney fern means "large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds".

What is another word for kidney fern?

Close synonyms include Trichomanes reniforme. 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 kidney fern a common word?

kidney 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.