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noun
Any of many tropical ferns that have tall trunks topped with fronds, of the orders Cyatheales, Marattiales, and Osmundales, especially families Cyatheaceae, Dicksoniaceae, and Metaxyaceae in Cyatheales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fern
Narrower terms: silver tree fern, sago fern, black tree fern, Cyathea medullaris, soft tree fern, Dicksonia antarctica, Scythian lamb, Cibotium barometz, thyrsopteris, Thyrsopteris elegans, angiopteris, giant fern, Angiopteris evecta
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