onoclea : Idioms & Phrases
genus onoclea
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noun one species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae
Onoclea.
WordNet
onoclea sensibilis
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noun beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes
bead fern; sensitive fern.
WordNet
onoclea struthiopteris
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noun tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
shuttlecock fern; ostrich fern; Pteretis struthiopteris; Matteuccia struthiopteris; fiddlehead.
