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sweet fern

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. common polypody, adder's fern, wall fern, golden maidenhair, golden polypody, sweet fern, Polypodium vulgarenoun

    mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia

  2. sweet fern, Comptonia peregrina, Comptonia asplenifolianoun

    deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers

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  1. sweet fern

    Comptonia peregrina is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae. It is the only extant (living) species in the genus Comptonia, although a number of extinct species are placed in the genus. Comptonia peregrina is native to eastern North America, from southern Quebec, east to Nova Scotia, south to the extreme north of Georgia, and west to Minnesota. The common name is sweetfern or sweet-fern (although it is not a fern), or in Quebec, comptonie voyageuse.

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  1. sweet fern

    Sweet fern, scientifically known as Comptonia peregrina, is a deciduous shrub that belongs to the Myricaceae family. It is characterized by fern-like, aromatic, sweet-smelling leaves and catkin-like flowers. Despite its name, it is not a true fern but gets its name due to the fern-like appearance of its leaves. It is native to North America and commonly found in sandy or rocky soils, in open woods, and along roadsides. Besides, it is known for its medicinal properties and its usefulness in controlling soil erosion.

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    Read the full text of the Sweet Fern poem by John Greenleaf Whittier on the Poetry.com website.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sweet fern in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sweet fern in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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