leather fern meaning

UK /ˈlɛðə fɜːn/ US /ˈlɛðɚ fɝn/ 3 syllables

leather fern (noun): stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides.

leather fern has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

leather fern as a noun

  1. stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides

    Synonyms: golden fern, Acrostichum aureum

    Type of: fern

  2. widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds

    Synonyms: leatherleaf fern, ten-day fern, Rumohra adiantiformis, Polystichum adiantiformis

    Type of: fern

How to pronounce leather fern

leather fern is pronounced /ˈlɛðə fɜːn/ in British English and /ˈlɛðɚ fɝn/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.

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