fan fern


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Noun1.fan fern - large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked frondsfan fern - large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia
Gleichenia flabellata, Sticherus flabellatus, umbrella fern
fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
genus Sticherus, Sticherus - umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand
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