marsh fern

marsh fern
noun
fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions
Hypernyms: ↑fern
Member Holonyms: ↑Thelypteris, ↑genus Thelypteris

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noun
1. : a shield fern (Dryopteris thelypteris) of the north temperate zone that has pinnatifid fronds with pinnae of uniform size

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a fern, Thelypteris palustris, having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places.
[1855-60]

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marsh fern noun
A tall pale-green fern (Thelypteris palustris) growing in marshy woodlands and fens of Eurasia and N America
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Main Entry:marsh

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n. a tall, graceful fern that grows in moist meadows and marshes in North America and Eurasia. Thelypteris palustris, family Thelypteridaceae

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