sweet fern
1.
(
noun
) deciduous shrub of eastern North America with scented fernlike leaves and catkin-like heads of tiny white flowers
Synonyms:
Comptonia asplenifolia
,
Comptonia peregrina
Related Words:
bush
,
shrub
2.
(
noun
) mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
Synonyms:
Polypodium vulgare
,
adder's fern
,
common polypody
,
golden maidenhair
,
golden polypody
,
wall fern
Related Words:
polypody
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