| beech fern n. Either of two woodland ferns with deeply cut triangular blades, Thelypteris hexagonoptera of eastern North America and T. phegopteris of North America and Eurasia. |
beech fern
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a fern, Thelypteris phegopteris, that grows in damp N temperate woods and hills: family Polypodiaceae
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| Noun | 1. |  beech fern - any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular frondsfern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores genus Phegopteris, Phegopteris - beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypteris broad beech fern, Dryopteris hexagonoptera, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, southern beech fern, Thelypteris hexagonoptera - beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes Dryopteris phegopteris, long beech fern, narrow beech fern, northern beech fern, Phegopteris connectilis, Thelypteris phegopteris - beech fern of North America and Eurasia |
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