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Fern

Long ago.

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Bracken 76% connected

A brake or fern.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Brake 76% connected

imp. of Break.

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Maidenhair 76% connected

A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimes used in medicine.…

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Osmund 76% connected

A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet…

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Pecopteris 76% connected

An extensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from the regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.

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Polypody 76% connected

Any plant of the genus Polypodium.

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Spleenwort 76% connected

Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.

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Ferny 74% connected

Abounding in ferns.

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Ferny 74% connected

Abounding in ferns.

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