hart's-tongue fern
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Related to hart's-tongue fern: Phyllitis scolopendrium
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Noun | 1. | ![]() fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores |
2. | ![]() fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores Asplenium, genus Asplenium - in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae | |
3. | hart's-tongue fern - common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay strap fern - fern with long narrow strap-shaped leaves |