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Hartford fern

DEFINITIONS OF: Hartford fern

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n delicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile fronds

Synonyms:
Lygodium palmatum, creeping fern
Type of:
climbing fern
any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining
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