beech fern

beech fern

n (Plants) a fern, Thelypteris phegopteris, that grows in damp N temperate woods and hills: family Polypodiaceae

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beech fern - any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular frondsfern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporesgenus Phegopteris, Phegopteris - beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypterisbroad beech fern, Dryopteris hexagonoptera, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, southern beech fern, Thelypteris hexagonoptera - beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripesDryopteris phegopteris, long beech fern, narrow beech fern, northern beech fern, Phegopteris connectilis, Thelypteris phegopteris - beech fern of North America and Eurasia