evergreen wood fern
- noun
- US
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helecho perenne
- The evergreen wood fern remains lush and green throughout the winter months in my garden.
Examples
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Many landscapers recommend planting evergreen wood fern for year-round foliage in shaded areas.
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Botanists studied the habitat preferences of the evergreen wood fern in the Appalachian Mountains.
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The evergreen wood fern thrives in shaded areas.
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I found an evergreen wood fern in my garden.
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Many landscapers recommend planting evergreen wood fern for year-round foliage in shaded areas.
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The evergreen wood fern remains lush and green throughout the winter months in my garden.
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Botanists studied the habitat preferences of the evergreen wood fern in the Appalachian Mountains.
Synonyms
An evergreen fern from North America with long feather-like leaves that makes good ground cover
A North American fern that stays green in winter and has long divided leaves
An evergreen fern with long narrow pointed leaves
An evergreen fern with long pointed leaves that grow in dense patches
A North American fern with evergreen leaves that grows on rocks and in woods
A common North American fern with evergreen fronds that grows in shade
A North American fern with evergreen, leathery leaves that grows in woods
A North American fern with leathery leaves that stay green all year and pale brown flaky scales
An evergreen fern from California and Baja California with dark brown stems on its leaves
A small evergreen plant with woolly hairs on the leaf stems and underside of its leaves
A small evergreen fern with narrow triangular leaves that grows on rocks in eastern North America
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'fern' names the plant, 'wood' specifies the habitat/type (a wood/woodland fern), and 'evergreen' indicates it stays green year-round. This straightforward modifier-head structure is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would readily infer the MWE refers to a fern in woods that remains green throughout the year.
Etymology
Evergreen wood fern gets its name from how it looks: the word evergreen means 'leaves stay green all year', wood shows it 'grows in woods', and fern names the kind of plant, so the name points to a fern whose leaves stay green all year.
