wood fern

1. 1.

   any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris

   Synonymswood-fernwoodfern

   Broaderfern

   Narrowerfragrant cliff fernmale fernmarginal wood fernmountain male fern

   Part ofDryopteris

Questions about wood fern

What does wood fern mean?

wood fern means "any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris".

What is another word for wood fern?

Close synonyms include wood-fern, woodfern. 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 wood fern a common word?

wood 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.