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Tree fern   /tri fərn/   Listen
Tree fern

noun
1.
Any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae.



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"Tree fern" Quotes from Famous Books



... rate not to this compartment, except the superintending gardener—the same that cheered the last hours of Mrs. Warren. He recognizes Vivien and salutes her gravely. Seeing that she is accompanied by a gentleman in khaki he discreetly withdraws out of hearing and tidies up a tree fern. Vivien and Michael seat themselves on two green iron chairs under the fronds and in ...
— Mrs. Warren's Daughter - A Story of the Woman's Movement • Sir Harry Johnston


Words linked to "Tree fern" :   Scythian lamb, Cyathea medullaris, Cibotium barometz, sago fern, angiopteris, Thyrsopteris elegans, Angiopteris evecta, thyrsopteris, fern, Dicksonia antarctica, giant fern


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