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noun
Matteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fern
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