onoclea sensibilis

onoclea sensibilis

noun
beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes [syn: sensitive fern
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