bamboo fern

/ˌˈbæmˌbu fərn/
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Definitions of bamboo fern
  1. noun
    fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern; cultivated for their attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds
    synonyms: Coniogramme japonica
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    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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