ostrich fern

Noun
  1. Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes (synset 113218952)
    is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
    belongs to: genus matteuccia, genus pteretis, matteuccia, pteretis - small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae
    same as: fiddlehead, matteuccia struthiopteris, onoclea struthiopteris, pteretis struthiopteris, shuttlecock fern

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