scented fern
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- noun
- The scented fern gives off a pleasant aroma when its leaves are crushed.
Examples
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She planted a scented fern in the shady corner of her garden.
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Wild scented ferns grew abundantly along the hiking trail.
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The scented fern filled the room with a fresh aroma.
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Have you ever seen a scented fern in the wild?
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She planted a scented fern in the shady corner of her garden.
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The scented fern gives off a pleasant aroma when its leaves are crushed.
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Wild scented ferns grew abundantly along the hiking trail.
Synonyms
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A plant with pale green feathery leaves that smells like hay when touched
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A fern with a sweet root that grows on logs in western North America
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A fern with pale green divided leaves that smells like hay
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A plant that grows in shady woods with many long leaves that smell pleasant
A green plant with divided leaves that smell pleasant
A fern with fragrant leaves that grows on rocky cliffs in cold regions
A fern from Africa with narrow divided leaves and a sweet smell
A fern with pale green leaves that smells like hay and grows in eastern North America
A fern that grows in European mountains and has leaves that smell like lemon or balsam
A European mountain fern with lemon or balsam scented leaves
A mountain fern from Europe with leaves that smell like lemon
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'scented' (having a fragrance) modifies 'fern' (a plant), so the meaning 'a fern that has a pleasant smell' is directly derivable from the parts. This literal, compositional structure is common cross-linguistically and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Scented fern comes from a simple picture: a fern whose leaves give off a smell when you crush them, and the word scented points to that smell. That's why the name means 'a fern with a strong smell'.