Tropical plant with a trunklike stem Crossword Clue
8 letters · New York Times · Monday, August 21, 2000 · 28-Across
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Monday, August 21, 2000.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · August 21, 2000 · 28-Across · 8 letters
TREEFERN0 of 8 letters revealed
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any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae
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