new york fern

1. 1.

   slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris

   SynonymsParathelypteris novae-boracensisDryopteris noveboracensis

   Broaderfern

   Part ofParathelypteris

Questions about new york fern

What does new york fern mean?

new york fern means "slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris".

What is another word for new york fern?

Close synonyms include Parathelypteris novae-boracensis, Dryopteris noveboracensis. 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 new york fern a common word?

new york 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.