Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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flowering fern | Yes | No | No | No |
fiddlehead | Yes | No | No | No |
flowering fern (noun) | fiddlehead (noun) |
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any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters | New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible |
Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds | tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes |