basket fern

/ˌbæskət fərn/
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Definitions of basket fern
  1. noun
    tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil
    synonyms: Nephrolepis pectinata, toothed sword fern
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    sword fern
    any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
  2. noun
    giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia
    synonyms: Drynaria rigidula
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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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