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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fern of the genus Lomaria, particularly L. Spicant. In Australia, where the genus is abundant, the name is given to all the species of Lomaria. See Lomaria.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A species of fern (Lomaria borealis), growing in Europe and Northwestern America.

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  • noun botany Lomaria borealis, a fern of Europe and Northwestern America.

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  • noun any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum

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hard +‎ fern?

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