flowering fern
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(noun) any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters |
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Synonyms: osmund |
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Related Words: French bracken, Osmunda cinnamonea, Osmunda clatonia, Osmunda regalis, cinnamon fern, ditch fern, fern, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern, interrupted fern, king fern, royal fern, royal osmund |
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(noun) Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds |
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Synonyms: Helminthostachys zeylanica |
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Related Words: fern |
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