tree fern

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Definition of tree fern in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of tree fern in English English dictionary

Any of many tropical plants, of the families Cyatheaceae and Dicksoniaceae, that have tall trunks topped with fronds

Any of various tropical treelike ferns having a woody trunklike stem and a terminal crown of large, pinnately divided fronds. Any of various ferns (especially those of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae) of treelike habit with a woody stem. Many attain heights over 50 ft (15.2 m). They are natives of humid mountain forests in the tropics and subtropics and of warm temperate regions of the Southern Hemisphere. The family Marattiaceae contains six genera; one species, Angiopteris evecta, has leaves (fronds) 15 ft (4.5 m) or more in length and stems of 2-6 ft (60-180 cm). Now-extinct members of the family date to the Carboniferous Period (354-290 million years ago). Members of the family Cyatheaceae are very large, terrestrial ferns with trunklike, upright rhizomes; the nearly 1,000 species are grouped into seven genera

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 Polypodiaceae

Related Terms

silver tree fern

showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia area having a crown of much-pinnated fronds with whitish undersides

soft tree fern

of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates

Hyphenation

Tree fern

Turkish pronunciation

tri fırn

Pronunciation

/ˈtrē ˈfərn/ /ˈtriː ˈfɜrn/

Etymology

[ 'trE ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English trEow; akin to Old Norse trE tree, Greek drys, Sanskrit dAru wood.