NOUN | plant | Pteretis struthiopteris, ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia 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, Matteuccia 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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