king fern

king fern

n (Plants) another name for para³

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	king fern - fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africacrepe fern, Todea barbarafern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporesgenus Todea, Todea - a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae
	2.	king fern - large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted frondsditch fern, French bracken, Osmunda regalis, royal fern, royal osmundosmund, flowering fern - any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters