English words for 'Alternative form of sword fern.'
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noun
adj
verb
adj
- (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
- (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
- having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination
- (botany) Having prickles or thorns.
- (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
- (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
- (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
- (heraldry, of animals) Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.
- (of a person, specifically) Equipped with a gun.
- (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
verb
noun
- Some ferns in the genus Polystichum which look like the typical Nephrolepis sword ferns.
- Any fern in the genus Nephrolepis, typically with long, straight-sided fronds shaped like a two-edged sword, and widely grown as houseplants.
- any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
noun
- grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber
- strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage
- hemp obtained from the sansevieria
- Any species in the genus Sansevieria (which many recent references treat as part of the genus Dracaena), most notably the mother-in-law's tongue.
- Synonym of marool.
noun
- A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.
- Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.
- (especially UK) A climbing plant that produces grapes.
- Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
- Any plant of the genus Vitis.
- a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
noun
- A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
- A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.
- a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
verb
noun
- The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye.
- A dye made from the plant.
- A deep reddish colour, like that of the dye.
- A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root.
- Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
adj
verb
noun
- (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
- (entomology, insect anatomy) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps.
- (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
- the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
noun
adj
verb
noun
- Some ferns in the genus Polystichum which look like the typical Nephrolepis sword ferns.
- Any fern in the genus Nephrolepis, typically with long, straight-sided fronds shaped like a two-edged sword, and widely grown as houseplants.
- any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
noun
- grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber
- strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage
- hemp obtained from the sansevieria
- Any species in the genus Sansevieria (which many recent references treat as part of the genus Dracaena), most notably the mother-in-law's tongue.
- Synonym of marool.
noun
- A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.
- Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.
- (especially UK) A climbing plant that produces grapes.
- Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
- Any plant of the genus Vitis.
- a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
noun
- A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
- A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.
- a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
verb
noun
- The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye.
- A dye made from the plant.
- A deep reddish colour, like that of the dye.
- A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root.
- Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
adj
verb
noun
- (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
- (entomology, insect anatomy) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps.
- (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
- the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
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adj
- (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
- (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
- having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination
- (botany) Having prickles or thorns.
- (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
- (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
- (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
- (heraldry, of animals) Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.
- (of a person, specifically) Equipped with a gun.
- (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.