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christmas fern

Christ·mas fern
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kris-muh s furn]
    • /ˈkrɪs məs fɜrn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kris-muh s furn]
    • /ˈkrɪs məs fɜrn/

Definition of christmas fern words

  • noun christmas fern an evergreen fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, having dense clusters of stiff fronds growing from a central rootstock. 1

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Origin of christmas fern

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80

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Parts of speech for Christmas fern

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

christmas fern popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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