king fern

Questions about king fern

What does king fern mean?

king fern means "fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for king fern?

Close synonyms include crepe fern, Todea barbara, royal fern, royal osmund, ditch fern. 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 king fern a common word?

king 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.