Sweet Fern

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia

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Senses

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Wordset Dictionary

deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

8 surface forms

synonym: adder's ferncommon polypodygolden maidenhairgolden polypodywall fern
plural: Sweet Ferns
possessive: Sweet Fern's
pluralpossessive: Sweet Ferns'

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