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woodfern

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wood-fern
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several evergreen ferns, of the family Dryopteridaceae, especially genus Dryopteris, that have dark green, leathery fronds.

Etymology

From wood + fern.

Inflected Forms

woodferns (plural)

Phrases

Clinton's woodfern coastal woodfern common woodfern mountain woodfern spinulose woodfern thick-stemmed woodfern Also see wood fern

Synonyms

wood fern wood-fern

Questions

What does woodfern mean?
Any of several evergreen ferns, of the family Dryopteridaceae, especially genus Dryopteris, that have dark green, leathery fronds.
Where does woodfern come from?
From wood + fern.

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