"tree fern" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tree ferns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tree fern (plural tree ferns)
  1. Any of many tropical ferns that have tall trunks topped with fronds, of the orders Cyatheales, Marattiales, and Osmundales, especially families Cyatheaceae, Dicksoniaceae, and Metaxyaceae in Cyatheales. Categories (lifeform): Ferns

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