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Noun: deer fern
  1. Fern with erect fronds of Europe and western North America; often cultivated for deer browse
    "Deer fern provides winter forage in Pacific Northwest forests";
    - Blechnum spicant

Derived forms: deer fern, deer ferns

Type of: hard fern

Encyclopedia: Deer fern