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Noun: tree fern  tree furn
  1. Any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae

Derived forms: tree ferns

Type of: fern

Encyclopedia: Tree fern

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