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Noun: golden fern
  1. Tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides
    - Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava
     
  2. Stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
    - leather fern, Acrostichum aureum

Derived forms: golden ferns

Type of: fern

Part of: Acrostichum, genus Acrostichum, genus Pityrogramma, Pityrogramma