Definition of "tree fern" [tree fern]

Any of various tropical treelike ferns having a woody trunklike stem and a terminal crown of large, pinnately divided fronds. (noun)

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Use "tree fern" in a sentence

"BOWENIA SPECTABILIS (“moo-nah”) after being allowed weeks to decompose, the core of the tree fern"

Words like "tree fern"

angiopteris angiopteris evecta black tree fern cibotium barometz

cyathea medullaris dicksonia antarctica fern giant fern

mowah

pombe sago fern scythian lamb

silver tree fern soft tree fern thyrsopteris thyrsopteris elegans