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vegetable fern

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Diplazium esculentum; an edible fern found throughout Asia and Oceania.

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  • Bengali: ঢেঁকি শাক (ḍhẽki śak) — edible fern
  • Central Bikol: pako — edible fern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 過溝菜蕨 /过沟菜蕨 — edible fern
  • Indonesian: paku sayur — edible fern
  • Malay: paku tanjung — edible fern
  • Nepali: पानीनिहुरो (pānīnihuro) — edible fern
  • Sahu: gagu'u — edible fern
  • Tagalog: pako — edible fern
  • Ternate: gagu — edible fern
  • Thai: ผักกูด — edible fern
  • Tobelo: gaguru — edible fern
  • Vietnamese: rau dớn — edible fern