ribbon fern

Questions about ribbon fern

What does ribbon fern mean?

ribbon fern means "fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for ribbon fern?

Close synonyms include spider fern, Pteris serrulata, grass fern, Vittaria lineata, Ophioglossum pendulum. 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 ribbon fern a common word?

ribbon fern is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.