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Definition of Sweet fern
1. Noun. Mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia.
Exact synonyms: Adder's Fern, Common Polypody, Golden Maidenhair, Golden Polypody, Polypodium Vulgare, Wall Fern
Generic synonyms: Polypody
Generic synonyms: Polypody
2. Noun. Deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers.
Exact synonyms: Comptonia Asplenifolia, Comptonia Peregrina
Group relationships: Comptonia, Genus Comptonia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Group relationships: Comptonia, Genus Comptonia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub