Boston fern

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Boston fern

1. A cultivar of sword fern (Nephrolepis exaltata cv. Bostoniensis) having arching or drooping pinnate fronds. It is a popular houseplant.

2. Any of numerous other forms derived from the sword fern.

Boston fern

Nephrolepis exaltata cv.bostoniensis

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Boston fern - a sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds; a popular houseplant

Nephrolepis exaltata, Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis

sword fern - any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed

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