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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, fiddlehead fern, Helminthostachys zeylanica, Osmunda clatonia, cinnamon fern, Osmunda regalis, genus Osmunda, fiddlehead, interrupted fern, ditch fern, royal fern, royal osmund, king fern, osmund, Helminthostachys, fern, French bracken