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Noun: spider fern  spI-dur furn
  1. Fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands
    - ribbon fern, Pteris serrulata
     
  2. Asiatic fern introduced in America
    - spider brake, Pteris multifida

Derived forms: spider ferns

Type of: fern

Part of: genus Pteris, Pteris

Encyclopedia: Spider fern