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Leather fern

noun

Stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides. Synonyms: Acrostichum aureum, golden fern.

Widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds. Synonyms: leatherleaf fern, Polystichum adiantiformis, Rumohra adiantiformis, ten-day fern.

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Words linked to "Leather fern" : Rumohra, U.S.A., the States, USA, genus Acrostichum, United States, America, genus Rumohra, US, Acrostichum aureum, Rumohra adiantiformis, Acrostichum, fern, U.S., Polystichum adiantiformis, United States of America