leather fern

/ˌlɛðər fərn/
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Definitions of leather fern
  1. noun
    stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
    synonyms: Acrostichum aureum, golden fern
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    any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
  2. noun
    widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
    synonyms: Polystichum adiantiformis, Rumohra adiantiformis, leatherleaf fern, ten-day fern
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    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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