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单词 boston fern
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Boston fern


Boston fern

Boston fern

n. A cultivar of the sword fern Nephrolepis exaltata, having arching or drooping pinnate fronds and popular as a houseplant.
[So called because the cultivar was first discovered in a lot of fern plants shipped to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and subsequently propagated by a local distributor.]

Bos′ton fern′


n. a variety of sword fern, Nephrolepsis exaltata bostoniensis, having long, narrow, drooping fronds. [1895–1900]
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Noun1.Boston fern - a sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate frondsBoston fern - a sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds; a popular houseplantNephrolepis exaltata, Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensissword fern - any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
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Boston fern


  • noun

Synonyms for Boston fern

noun a sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds

Synonyms

  • Nephrolepis exaltata
  • Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis

Related Words

  • sword fern
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