lady fern

/ˌleɪdi fərn/
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Other forms: lady ferns

Definitions of lady fern
  1. noun
    most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage
    synonyms: Athyrium filix-femina
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    types:
    Alpine lady fern, Athyrium distentifolium
    a lady fern with deeply cut leaf segments; found in the Rocky Mountains
    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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