spider fern

Questions about spider fern

What does spider fern mean?

spider fern means "fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for spider fern?

Close synonyms include ribbon fern, Pteris serrulata, spider brake, Pteris multifida. 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 spider fern a common word?

spider 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.