WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
sen′sitive fern′, 
  1. Plant Biologya common, widely distributed fern, Onoclea sensibilis, having large, triangular leaves and beadlike spikes that contain the spores.
  • so called from the sensitivity of its foliage to frost 1805–15, American.


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