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sweet fern, common name for several plants belonging to different botanical divisions. One is a shrub of the family Myricaceae (bayberry bayberry, common name for the Myricaceae, a family of trees and shrubs with aromatic foliage, found chiefly in temperate and subtropical regions. The waxy gray "berries" of the North American wild or cultivated bayberry shrubs (chiefly Myrica cerifera ..... Click the link for more information. family) in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə) ..... Click the link for more information. ; others are plants of the genus Dryopteris in the division Polypodiophyta Polypodiophyta (pŏl'ēpō'dēŏf`ətə) ..... Click the link for more information. (ferns fern, any plant of the division Polypodiophyta. Fern species, numbering several thousand, are found throughout the world but are especially abundant in tropical rain forests. The ferns and their relatives (e.g. ..... Click the link for more information. ). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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