"man fern" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation of old man fern.",
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    {
      "form": "man ferns",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1920, Bernard Cronin, Timber Wolves",
          "text": "He'll likely mistake you for a man fern.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 177",
          "text": "At the beginning they set up their trade in groves lined with manfern fronds […].",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tree fern."
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        "(Tasmania) A tree fern."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "manfern"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Tasmania"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "man fern"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation of old man fern.",
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    {
      "form": "man ferns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "man fern (plural man ferns)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1920, Bernard Cronin, Timber Wolves",
          "text": "He'll likely mistake you for a man fern.",
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          "text": "At the beginning they set up their trade in groves lined with manfern fronds […].",
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        "A tree fern."
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        "(Tasmania) A tree fern."
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        "Tasmania"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "manfern"
    }
  ],
  "word": "man fern"
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