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scented fern

DEFINITIONS OF: scented fern

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n common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally

Synonyms:
Tanacetum vulgare, golden buttons, tansy
Type of:
composite, composite plant
considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers

n fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay

Synonyms:
Dennstaedtia punctilobula, boulder fern, hay-scented, hay-scented fern
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

n sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds

Synonyms:
Mohria caffrorum
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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