| NOUN | plant | Matteuccia struthiopteris, ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris | tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes |
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| Meaning | tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes. | |
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| Synonyms | ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris | |
| Member of | Matteuccia, genus Matteuccia, Pteretis, genus Pteretis | small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea |
| 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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