Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fern | Yes | No | No | No |
tree fern | Yes | No | No | No |
fern (noun) | tree fern (noun) |
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any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores | any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae |