English > Acrostichum aureum: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides. |
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Synonyms | golden fern, leather fern |
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Member of | Acrostichum, genus Acrostichum | In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae |
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Region | United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
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Broader | fern | Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward |
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