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English noun: sensitive fern

1. sensitive fern (plant) 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


Synonymsbead fern, Onoclea sensibilis


Broader (hypernym)fern


Member meronymgenus Onoclea, Onoclea









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