killarney fern

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   large stout fern of extreme western Europe

   SynonymsTrichomanes speciosum

   Broaderbristle fern

Questions about killarney fern

What does killarney fern mean?

killarney fern means "large stout fern of extreme western Europe".

What is another word for killarney fern?

Close synonyms include Trichomanes speciosum. 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 killarney fern a common word?

killarney 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.