Sweet fern Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
golden maidenhair; wall fern; golden polypody; common polypody; adder's fern; Polypodium vulgare.
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noun deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers
Comptonia asplenifolia; Comptonia peregrina.
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(Bot.) , a small North American shrub (Comptonia, ∨ Myrica, asplenifolia ) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.