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meadow fern

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meadow fern  
n.  See sweet gale.
sweet gale  
n.  A deciduous swamp shrub (Myrica gale) of northern Eurasia and North America, having aromatic resinous leaves used in medicine and tiny yellowish fruits clustered in catkins. Also called meadow fern.
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meadow fern

noun
fern of northeastern North America [syn: snuffbox fern
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