scented fern

Questions about scented fern

What does scented fern mean?

scented fern means "fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for scented fern?

Close synonyms include hay-scented, hay-scented fern, boulder fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, Mohria caffrorum. 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 scented fern a common word?

scented fern is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.