Ostrich fern

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Matteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.
  2. 2
    tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes wordnet