knives and forks

noun

plural of knife and fork

1

British : one that eats : trencherman

a good knife and fork

2

a knives and forks plural

(1)

: paired and solitary cones of the common club moss (Lycopodium clavatum)

(2)

: a club moss that bears knives and forks

b

: a key fruit of the sycamore maple

—usually used in plural

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