giant fern

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Noun

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giant fern - highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfallangiopteris, Angiopteris evectatree fern - any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceaegenus Angiopteris - one species: tree fern