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ostrich fern

ostrich fern noun: any member of the species Matteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.

Noun

ostrich fern (plural ostrich ferns)

  1. Any member of the species Matteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.
    Synonyms:
    shuttlecock fern

Synonyms of ostrich fern

  • shuttlecock fern

Forms of ostrich fern

pluralostrich ferns

Questions about ostrich fern

What does ostrich fern mean?
Ostrich fern means any member of the species Matteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.
What part of speech is ostrich fern?
Ostrich fern is a noun.
What is the plural of ostrich fern?
The plural of ostrich fern is ostrich ferns.

Words near ostrich fern in the dictionary

  1. ostreophagous
  2. ostrich
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  6. ostrich fern
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  8. ostrich instruction
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