leatherleaf fern

What does leatherleaf fern mean?

leatherleaf fern means "widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds".

What is another word for leatherleaf fern?

Close synonyms include leather fern, ten-day fern, Rumohra adiantiformis, Polystichum adiantiformis. 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 leatherleaf fern a common word?

leatherleaf 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 leatherleaf fern come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.