fougère

Definitions of fougère
  1. noun
    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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    types:
    fougère à l'aigle
    large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
    type of:
    ptéridophyte
    plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
  2. noun
    fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
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