noun
Meaning 1
A species of fern, Comptonia peregrina
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
sweet fern
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noun
Meaning 2
deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Comptonia peregrina, Comptonia asplenifolia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
noun
Meaning 3
mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: common polypody, adder's fern, wall fern, golden maidenhair, golden polypody, Polypodium vulgare
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: polypody
History
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