a common tufted erect fern of the polypody family, Blechnum spicant, having dark-green lanceolate leaves: it prefers acid soils, and in the US is sometimes grown as deer feed

a fashionable bar or restaurant decorated mainly with plants, including ferns

the edible root of a fern

the minute particles by which ferns reproduce themselves, formerly thought to be invisible . Possession of them was thought to make a person invisible

a common tufted erect fern of the polypody family, Blechnum spicant, having dark-green lanceolate leaves: it prefers acid soils , and in the US is sometimes grown as deer feed

a New Zealand fern , Marattia salicina , with long heavy fronds

a large, graceful , but variable fern , Athyrium filix-femina, with bipinnate fronds , commonly found on damp acid soils in woods and on hillsides

a fern, Dryopteris filix-mas, having scaly stalks and pinnate fronds with kidney-shaped spore-producing bodies on the underside : family Polypodiaceae

an Australian tree fern , Dicksonia antarctica , with a thick trunk and large spreading green fronds

a graceful light green polypody fern, Thelypteris dryopteris, having a creeping rhizome , found in acid woodlands and on rocks in the northern hemisphere

giant bracken

any of an extinct class (Pteridospermae) of Paleozoic, fernlike cycads that bore naked seeds upon their leaves

any of numerous large tropical ferns , mainly of the family Cyatheaceae , having a trunklike stem bearing fronds at the top

a small, hardy fern ( Polypodium virginianum ) of the most common family (Polypodiaceae) of ferns, with densely matted , creeping stems , found on cliffs and walls in E North America and often grown in gardens

a small, compact fern , Nephrolepis pectinata , of tropical America, often grown in hanging baskets

a fern , Thelypteris phegopteris , that grows in damp N temperate woods and hills : family Polypodiaceae

a cultivated fern ( Nephrolepis exaltata var . bostoniensis ) with odd-pinnate leaves, used as a house plant

a scrambling fern of the genus Gleichenia, having repeatedly forked fronds

a common fern , Dryopteris austriaca spinulosa , having delicate , lacy leaves and used extensively in floral arrangements

any fern of the family Hymenophyllaceae , growing in humid regions and having thin translucent leaves

any of various ferns of the genus Botrychium, esp B. lunaria, which has crescent-shaped leaflets

any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis , some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds : family Polypodiaceae

a fern of marshy woodlands , Thelypteris palustris, having pale green pinnate leaves and an underground rootstock

a fern , Osmunda regalis , of damp regions, having large fronds up to 2 metres (7 feet) in height, some of which are modified for bearing spores : family Osmundaceae

any temperate woodland fern of the genus Polystichum having shield-shaped flaps covering the spore-producing bodies: family Aspleniaceae

a formalized spray of fern leaf , silver on a black background : the symbol of New Zealand sporting teams , esp the All Blacks

a North American shrub , Comptonia (or Myrica ) asplenifolia, having scented fernlike leaves and heads of brownish flowers: family Myricaceae

any of numerous ferns having sword-shaped fronds

a small fern , Cystoperis fragilis , with graceful lanceolate leaves, typically growing on limestone rocks and walls

any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris , such as D . dilatata ( broad buckler fern): family Polypodiaceae

a large, New World fern ( Osmunda cinnamomea , family Osmundaceae) having sterile green fronds and other fronds that bear spores and turn a cinnamon color as the spores mature

a tropical fern , of the genus Platycerium , with a large leaf like an elk's horn

a common Australian fern , Nephrolepsis cordifolia , having fronds with many pinnae

a small bright green tufted European fern , Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands

any of various tropical and subtropical ferns of the genus Platycerium with fronds resembling antlers

a North American fern , Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having sword-shaped fronds , the tips of which take root when in contact with the ground : family Aspleniaceae

a fernlike species of asparagus , A. plumosus, native to southern Africa

a New Zealand fern , Marattia salicina , with long heavy fronds

any fern of the cosmopolitan genus Adiantum, esp A. capillis-veneris, having delicate fan-shaped fronds with small pale-green leaflets : family Adiantaceae

an Australian tree fern , Dicksonia antarctica , with a thick trunk and large spreading green fronds

a tall edible New Zealand tree fern , Cyathea medullaris , with a black trunk

an ornamental carving , in the shape of the scroll at the head end of a fiddle , fitted to the top of the stem or cutwater

any of a genus ( Adiantum ) of ferns with delicate fronds and slender black stalks

the edible root of a fern