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DITCH FERN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
Synonyms:
ditch fern; French bracken; king fern; Osmunda regalis; royal fern; royal osmund
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ditch fern" is a kind of...):
flowering fern; osmund (any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters)