bead fern
— Noun
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~ beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes
Boston fern
— Noun
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~ a sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds; a popular houseplant
bladder fern
— Noun
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~ any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori
berry fern
— Noun
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~ North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets
beech fern
— Noun
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~ any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds
bulblet bladder fern
— Noun
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~ North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets
buckler fern
— Noun
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~ any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
bulblet fern
— Noun
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~ North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets
button fern
— Noun
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~ fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets
button fern
— Noun
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~ Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils
bristle fern
— Noun
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~ any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks
brittle bladder fern
— Noun
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~ delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems