Flowering fern Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds
Helminthostachys zeylanica.
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noun any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
osmund.
WordNet
Definitions
- a genus of showy ferns (
Osmunda ), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places.
