shuttlecock fern

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shuttlecock fern - tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes

fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris, ostrich fern, Pteretis struthiopteris

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

genus Matteuccia, genus Pteretis, Matteuccia, Pteretis - small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae

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fiddlehead genus Matteuccia genus Pteretis Matteuccia Matteuccia struthiopteris Onoclea struthiopteris ostrich fern Pteretis Pteretis struthiopteris			If you have a dull, shady corner, planting possibilities extend to a rich diversity of textures and cool shades of green, including finely quilted hostas, Fatsia japonica and unfurling ferns such as Matteuccia struthiopteris, the shuttlecock fern, whose leaves can grow to 1. Your guide to going green by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Shuttlecock fern is really the best description, as the elegant clumps do look like old- fashioned feather shuttlecocks. Spring shuttle service; Plant of the week by Chudziak, Janet Wheatcroft Bill / Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			Shute shuteye shutoff shutout Shutten race shutter shutter priority shutter release shutterbug shuttered shuttered fuze shuttering shutters shutting shutting post shuttle shuttle armature Shuttle box shuttle bus shuttle diplomacy shuttle helicopter shuttle race shuttle service Shuttle shell shuttlecock shuttlecock fern Shuttlecork shuttlecraft Shuttlewise shwa Shwan-pan shwarma shy shy away shy away from shy person shylock shyly Shymkent shyness shypoo shyster SI SI derived unit Si Kiang Si quis SI system SI unit Si-ma Qian siabon Siaga			Shuttle Test Director Shuttle Tether Deployer System Shuttle Tile Ablator Shuttle Tracking Processor System Shuttle Trade Shuttle Trades Shuttle Training Aircraft Shuttle Transportation System Shuttle Turnaround Analysis Report Shuttle Unique Equipment Shuttle Upper Atmosphere Mass Spectrometer shuttle v's shuttle v's shuttle v's Shuttle vector Shuttle Vibration Forces Shuttle Walk Test Shuttle-Derived Heavy-Lift Vehicle Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle Shuttle-Derived Vehicle Shuttle-Mir Science Project Shuttle/Mir Alignment Stability Experiment Shuttle/POCC Interface Facility Shuttle/Stabilized Payload Deployment System shuttlecock shuttlecock Shuttlecock Club shuttlecock fern Shuttlecock sport Shuttlecock sport shuttlecocked shuttlecocked shuttlecocking shuttlecocking shuttlecocks shuttlecocks Shuttlecork shuttlecraft shuttled shuttled shuttled shuttled Shuttlepod shuttler shuttler shuttler shuttler shuttles shuttles shuttles shuttles Shuttlewise shuttling shuttling shuttling shuttling Shutudri Shutudri

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