HyperDic: marsh_fern

English > 1 sense of the expression marsh fern:
NOUNplantmarsh fern, Thelypteris palustris, Dryopteris thelypterisfern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places
English > marsh fern: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions.
SynonymsThelypteris palustris, Dryopteris thelypteris
Member ofThelypteris, genus Thelypterismarsh ferns
Narrowersnuffbox fern, meadow fern, Thelypteris palustris pubescens, Dryopteris thelypteris pubescensfern of northeastern North America
BroaderfernAny of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward

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