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Flowering fern

noun

Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds. Synonym: Helminthostachys zeylanica.

Any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters. Synonym: osmund.

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Words linked to "Flowering fern" : genus Helminthostachys, Osmunda cinnamonea, royal fern, fern, ditch fern, royal osmund, cinnamon fern, French bracken, fiddlehead, Helminthostachys, fiddlehead fern, interrupted fern, Osmunda clatonia, genus Osmunda, Osmunda regalis, king fern