Ostrich fern Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Onoclea struthiopteris; shuttlecock fern; Pteretis struthiopteris; Matteuccia struthiopteris; fiddlehead.
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(Bot.) a kind of fern (Onoclea Struthiopteris ), the tall fronds of which grow in a circle from the rootstock. It is found in alluvial soil in Europe and North America.
