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Noun: marsh fern  maa(r)sh furn
  1. Fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions
    "Marsh ferns flourished along the boggy streambank";
    - Thelypteris palustris, Dryopteris thelypteris

Derived forms: marsh ferns

Type of: fern

Part of: genus Thelypteris, Thelypteris

Encyclopedia: Marsh fern