mountain male fern

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   a fern of the genus Dryopteris

   SynonymsDryopteris oreades

   Broaderwood fern

Questions about mountain male fern

What does mountain male fern mean?

mountain male fern means "a fern of the genus Dryopteris".

What is another word for mountain male fern?

Close synonyms include Dryopteris oreades. 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 mountain male fern a common word?

mountain male 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.