rattlesnake fern

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   American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle

   SynonymsBotrychium virginianum

   Broadergrape fern

Questions about rattlesnake fern

What does rattlesnake fern mean?

rattlesnake fern means "American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle".

What is another word for rattlesnake fern?

Close synonyms include Botrychium virginianum. 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 rattlesnake fern a common word?

rattlesnake 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.