coral fern

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Noun

coral fern (plural coral ferns)

  1. (Australia) Any of various ferns with forked coral-like fronds of the genus Gleichenia.
    • 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 31:
      he ground up here is waterlogged and riddled with potholes, holes beneath the spongy coral fern, hidden holes throughout the sphagnum.