noun
fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay
• Syn: ↑hay-scented, ↑scented fern, ↑boulder fern, ↑Dennstaedtia punctilobula
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dennstaedtia, ↑genus Dennstaedtia
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷-\ noun : a No. American fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula) with fragrant pale green fronds and an aroma like hay
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/hay"sen'tid/
a fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, of eastern North America, having brittle, yellow-green fronds.
[1860-65]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.