tree fern
nounDefinition of tree fern
: any of various ferns (especially families Cyatheaceae and Dicksoniaceae) of arborescent habit with a woody stem
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If the bark, tree fern or other material is turning to mush the plants need to be replanted. — Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Summer is a great time for orchids," 18 June 2018 Yankee Hall, his stately country home in Furnas Valley, sits on a 30-acre plot that is now a public botanical garden thick with tree ferns, bamboo and several hundred varieties of camellias. — Gisela Williams, New York Times, "Where to Shop (and Eat) in São Miguel, Portugal," 9 May 2018 Not One, But Two Forests Apparently one was no fun for Hugh Hefner, who maintained both a redwood forest and a tree fern forest on the Playboy Mansion’s grounds. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "Albino Peacocks, Pac-Man, and Year-Round Fireworks: 6 Things You Might Not Know About the Playboy Mansion," 28 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tree fern.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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