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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of several evergreen ferns, of the family Dryopteridaceae, especially genus Dryopteris, that have dark green, leathery fronds.
2. 2
   any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

wood fernwood fernwood-fern

Etymology

From wood + fern.

Related phrases

Also see wood fernClinton's woodferncoastal woodferncommon woodfernmountain woodfernspinulose woodfernthick-stemmed woodfern

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