ROYAL FERN

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Meaning:

Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds

Synonyms:

ditch fern; French bracken; king fern; Osmunda regalis; royal fern; royal osmund

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("royal fern" is a kind of...):

flowering fern; osmund (any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters)

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