polybotria cervina

1. 1.

   tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya

   Synonymshart's-tonguehart's-tongue fernOlfersia cervinaPolybotrya cervina

   Broaderfern

Questions about polybotria cervina

What does polybotria cervina mean?

polybotria cervina means "tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya".

What is another word for polybotria cervina?

Close synonyms include hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Olfersia cervina, Polybotrya cervina. 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 polybotria cervina a common word?

polybotria cervina 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.