tree ferns

A form of tree fern — Any of many tropical ferns that have tall trunks topped with fronds, of the orders Cyatheales, Marattiales, and Osmundales, especially families Cyatheaceae, Dicksoniaceae, and Metaxyaceae in Cyatheales.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of tree fern
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