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water fern

DEFINITIONS OF: water fern

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n ferns that grow in water

Synonyms:
aquatic fern
Types:
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clover fern, pepperwort
any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets
Pilularia globulifera, pillwort
European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps
Regnellidium diphyllum, regnellidium
small latex-containing aquatic fern of southern Brazil
Salvinia auriculata, Salvinia rotundifolia, floating-moss
free-floating aquatic ferns
Azolla caroliniana, Carolina pond fern, floating fern, mosquito fern
small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe
Ceratopteris pteridioides, floating fern, water sprite
aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums
Ceratopteris thalictroides, floating fern
pantropical aquatic fern
Marsilea drummondii, common nardoo, nardo, nardoo
Australian clover fern
Marsilea quadrifolia, water clover
water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves
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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