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bladder fern


n.

Any of various ferns of the widespread genus Cystopteris, having pinnately compound fronds and often growing in rocky areas.

[After its bladderlike indusium.]


 
 
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Meaning #1: any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori


 
 

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