narrow-leaved spleenwort

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   North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks

   Synonymssilvery spleenwortglade fernAthyrium pycnocarponDiplazium pycnocarpon

   Broaderfern

   Part ofAthyrium

Questions about narrow-leaved spleenwort

What does narrow-leaved spleenwort mean?

narrow-leaved spleenwort means "North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks".

What is another word for narrow-leaved spleenwort?

Close synonyms include silvery spleenwort, glade fern, Athyrium pycnocarpon, Diplazium pycnocarpon. 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 narrow-leaved spleenwort a common word?

narrow-leaved spleenwort 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.