ostrich fern
tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes • Syn: shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris • Hypernyms: fern • Member Holonyms: Matteuccia, genus Matteuccia, Pteretis, genus Pteretis
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