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royal fern

DEFINITIONS OF: royal fern

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n large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds

Synonyms:
French bracken, Osmunda regalis, ditch fern, king fern, royal osmund
Type of:
flowering fern, osmund
any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
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