skeleton fork fern

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   pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves; America; Japan; Australia

   SynonymsPsilotum nudum

   Broaderwhisk fern

Questions about skeleton fork fern

What does skeleton fork fern mean?

skeleton fork fern means "pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves; America; Japan; Australia".

What is another word for skeleton fork fern?

Close synonyms include Psilotum nudum. 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 skeleton fork fern a common word?

skeleton fork 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.