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Definition of Shuttlecock fern
1. Noun. Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes.
Exact synonyms: Fiddlehead, Matteuccia Struthiopteris, Onoclea Struthiopteris, Ostrich Fern, Pteretis Struthiopteris
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Genus Matteuccia, Genus Pteretis, Matteuccia, Pteretis
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Genus Matteuccia, Genus Pteretis, Matteuccia, Pteretis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shuttlecock Fern
Literary usage of Shuttlecock fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Ferns in Their Haunts: A Guide to All the Native Species by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"In Europe it has been called two-ranked fern because its fertile fronds have two
rows of fruiting pinnules. The name of shuttlecock fern is ..."
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