sweet fern
sweet fern · sweet ferns
A species of fern, Comptonia peregrinaA species of fern, Comptonia peregrina
Meaning
1 sensesA species of fern, Comptonia peregrina
More definitions
- deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers
- mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
Forms
plural: sweet ferns| Singular | sweet fern |
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| Plural | sweet ferns |
regular
Synonyms
8 synonymsClose in meaning
- deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers:Comptonia peregrinaComptonia asplenifolia
- mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia:common polypodyadder's fernwall ferngolden maidenhairgolden polypodyPolypodium vulgare