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lady fern

DEFINITIONS OF: lady fern

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n most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage

Synonyms:
Athyrium filix-femina
Types:
Alpine lady fern, Athyrium distentifolium
a lady fern with deeply cut leaf segments; found in the Rocky Mountains
Type of:
fern
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
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