tree fern
noun
: any of various ferns (especially families Cyatheaceae and Dicksoniaceae) of arborescent habit with a woody stem
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What looked like melon balls were actually the tender stems of mamaku (native tree fern), bathed in onion broth and finished with oil made from kawakawa (New Zealand pepper), which the Māori revere for its healing properties.
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Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2025
Key ingredients: Sea buckthorn oil, brown algae, tree fern extract / Skin types: All skin types / Size: 1.6 oz.
—Deanna Pai, Glamour, 12 June 2025
Often osmunda fiber, tree fern and/or perlite are added to the fir bark.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
Alongside large amounts of tree ferns—and many other plants—analysis revealed that the sauropodomorphs had also ingested significant quantities of charcoal.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
For example, the team found that the contents of coprolites from the first large herbivorous dinosaurs, the sauropodomorphs, contained large quantities of tree ferns but also many other types of plants and charcoal.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
For the herbivores, however, especially in long-neck sauropods, their coprolites contained lots of tree ferns and charcoal.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Ferns can also climb up trees, as ivy does, or create their own trunks in the case of tree ferns.
—Jacob S. Suissa, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
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Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2025
Key ingredients: Sea buckthorn oil, brown algae, tree fern extract / Skin types: All skin types / Size: 1.6 oz.
—Deanna Pai, Glamour, 12 June 2025
Often osmunda fiber, tree fern and/or perlite are added to the fir bark.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
Alongside large amounts of tree ferns—and many other plants—analysis revealed that the sauropodomorphs had also ingested significant quantities of charcoal.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
For example, the team found that the contents of coprolites from the first large herbivorous dinosaurs, the sauropodomorphs, contained large quantities of tree ferns but also many other types of plants and charcoal.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
For the herbivores, however, especially in long-neck sauropods, their coprolites contained lots of tree ferns and charcoal.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Ferns can also climb up trees, as ivy does, or create their own trunks in the case of tree ferns.
—Jacob S. Suissa, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
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“Tree fern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tree%20fern. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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