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black tree fern

DEFINITIONS OF: black tree fern

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n a showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides

Synonyms:
Cyathea medullaris, sago fern, silver tree fern
Type of:
tree fern
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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