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flowering fern

flo·we·ring·fern

uncommon

noun

1.

Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds

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2.

any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters

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