English > beech fern: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds. |
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Member of | Phegopteris, genus Phegopteris | beech ferns |
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Narrower | broad beech fern, southern beech fern, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Dryopteris hexagonoptera, Thelypteris hexagonoptera | beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes |
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long beech fern, narrow beech fern, northern beech fern, Phegopteris connectilis, Dryopteris phegopteris, Thelypteris phegopteris | beech fern of North America and Eurasia |
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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