woodfern

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noun
Definitions
  • Any of several evergreen ferns, of the family Dryopteridaceae, especially genus Dryopteris, that have dark green, leathery fronds.

Etymology

Compound from English wood (mad, insane, wild, furious) + English fern.

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fern

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