noun
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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noun : a tall fern of the genus Pteretis (P. struthiopteris) of the north temperate zone that has graceful arched bipinnatifid fronds growing in a circle from an erect rootstock and pinnate sporophylls having segments like a necklace and resembling ostrich plumes; broadly : any fern of the genus Pteretis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.