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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Boston fern
 
NOUN:1. A cultivar of sword fern (Nephrolepis exaltata cv. Bostoniensis) having arching or drooping pinnate fronds. It is a popular houseplant. 2. Any of numerous other forms derived from the sword fern.
 
 
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