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Noun: ostrich fern  óstrich furn
  1. Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
    - shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris

Derived forms: ostrich ferns

Type of: fern

Part of: genus Matteuccia, genus Pteretis, Matteuccia, Pteretis

Encyclopedia: Ostrich fern

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Ostrea
Ostrea gigas
Ostreidae
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ostrich fern
Ostrogoth
Ostrya
Ostrya carpinifolia
Ostrya virginiana
Ostryopsis
Ostwald
Ostwald's theory of indicators
Ostyak
Ostyak-Samoyed
Oswald