sensitive fern

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sensitive fern - beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes

bead fern, Onoclea sensibilis

fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores

genus Onoclea, Onoclea - one species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae

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Athyriaceae bead fern Dryopteridaceae family Athyriaceae family Dryopteridaceae genus Onoclea Onoclea Onoclea sensibilis			ONOCLEA Linnaeus Sensitive fern Rhizomes long, slender, creeping, green; fronds dimorphic, sterile 30-80 cm, long, fertile 20-40 cm long; blades 15-40 cm long, pinnatifid into 12 pairs of oblong segments; sori in segmented segments at end of fertile stalks. Pteridophytes of southeast Alabama: Dichotomous keys, illustrations ... by Woods, Michael; Diamond, Alvin R., Jr / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science ONOCLEA {on-oh-KLEE-uh} Linnaeus 1753 * Sensitive Fern * [Greek onos, vessel, and kleiein, to close; son are inclosed by inrolled leaf margins. Pteridophytes of Northeast Alabama and adjacent highlands iv: ... by Spaulding, Daniel D.; Ballard, J. Mark; Whetstone, R. David / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science			sensibilize sensible sensible horizon Sensible note sensibleness sensibly Sensifacient Sensiferous Sensific Sensificatory sensify Sensigenous sensillum sensing sensing element Sensism Sensist sensitisation sensitise sensitised sensitiser sensitising sensitive sensitive compartmented information sensitive compartmented information facility sensitive fern Sensitive flame Sensitive joint vetch Sensitive paper sensitive pea sensitive plant sensitive site exploitation sensitively sensitiveness sensitivity sensitivity training sensitization sensitize sensitized Sensitizer sensitizing sensitometer Sensitory Sensive sensor Sensori-volitional sensoria sensorial sensorialism sensorimotor sensorimotor area			sensitive Sensitive Activity Vulnerability Estimate sensitive altimeter Sensitive Applications Security Officer Sensitive but unclassified Sensitive But Unclassified Network sensitive clay Sensitive Compartmented Information Sensitive Compartmented Information Sensitive Compartmented Information Billet System Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility Sensitive Compartmented Information Monitor Sensitive Compartmented Information Network Sensitive Compartmented Intelligence Sensitive Countries Information Logging System Sensitive Country Foreign National sensitive data Sensitive dependence on initial conditions Sensitive dependence on initial conditions Sensitive dependence on initial conditions Sensitive Dependence to Initial Conditions Sensitive dependency on initial conditions Sensitive dependency on initial conditions Sensitive dependency on initial conditions Sensitive Discussion Area Sensitive Earth Fault Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory Sensitive Electronic Equipment/System Sensitive Female Chord Progression sensitive fern Sensitive flame Sensitive Gestalt Massage Sensitive Habitat and Inventory Mapping Sensitive High-Resolution Ion Microprobe Sensitive Index Sensitive Information Report Sensitive Information Summary Sensitive Information/Talent Keyhole Sensitive Investigative Unit Sensitive joint vetch Sensitive joint vetch sensitive lamina sensitive lamina sensitive lamina Sensitive Landscape Character Assessment Sensitive market Sensitive Markets Sensitive Needs Yard Sensitive New Age Guy Sensitive New Age Pilot Sensitive Nuclear Technology Sensitive paper Sensitive Particle Acoustic Quantification sensitive pea Sensitive Personal Information Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information sensitive plant sensitive plant sensitive plant

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