HyperDic: shuttlecock_fern

English > 1 sense of the expression shuttlecock fern:
NOUNplantshuttlecock fern, ostrich fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteristall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
English > shuttlecock fern: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes.
Synonymsostrich fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris
Member ofMatteuccia, genus Matteuccia, Pteretis, genus Pteretissmall genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea
BroaderfernAny of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward

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