hand fern

/hænd fərn/
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Other forms: hand ferns

Definitions of hand fern
  1. noun
    tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds
    synonyms: Doryopteris pedata
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    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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