silvery spleenwort Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores
    Deparia acrostichoides; Athyrium thelypteroides.
  2. noun North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks
    narrow-leaved spleenwort; Diplazium pycnocarpon; Athyrium pycnocarpon; glade fern.

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