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noun
A fern of any of several species of two genera, in different families:
Woodwardia, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A fern of any of several species of two genera, in different families:
Tmesipteris, native to the South Pacific, also called fork ferns.
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Synonyms: hanging fork fern
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noun
a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fern
Narrower terms: Virginia chain fern, Woodwardia virginica
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