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Noun: scented fern
  1. Fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay
    - hay-scented, hay-scented fern, boulder fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula
     
  2. Sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds
    - Mohria caffrorum
     
  3. Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally
    - tansy, golden buttons, Tanacetum vulgare

Derived forms: scented ferns

Type of: composite, composite plant, fern

Part of: Dennstaedtia, genus Dennstaedtia, genus Mohria, genus Tanacetum, Mohria, Tanacetum