sweet fern
| Dictionary: sweet fern |
n.
An aromatic deciduous shrub (Comptonia peregrina) of eastern North America, having narrow, deeply lobed, fernlike leaves and minute flowers grouped in catkinlike heads.
| Columbia Encyclopedia: sweet fern |
sweet fern, common name for several plants belonging to different botanical divisions. One is a shrub of the family Myricaceae (bayberry family) in the division Magnoliophyta; others are plants of the genus Dryopteris in the division Polypodiophyta (ferns).
| WordNet: sweet fern |
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
Synonyms: common polypody, adder's fern, wall fern, golden maidenhair, golden polypody, Polypodium vulgare
Meaning #2:
deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers
Synonyms: Comptonia peregrina, Comptonia asplenifolia
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