flowering : Idioms & Phrases
Flowering fern
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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
- a genus of showy ferns (
Osmunda ), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places.
Webster 1913
Flowering plants
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noun plants having seeds in a closed ovary
flowering plant; angiosperm.
WordNet
- plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; distinguished from flowerless plants.
Webster 1913
Flowering rush
- a European rushlike plant (
Butomus umbellatus ), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.
