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Abbreviation of old man fern.

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man fern (plural man ferns)

  1. (Tasmania) A tree fern. [from 19th c.]

    • 1920, Bernard Cronin, Timber Wolves:

      He'll likely mistake you for a man fern.

    • 2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 177:

      At the beginning they set up their trade in groves lined with manfern fronds […] .