(a) any of several plants of the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) with finely divided, parsley-like leaves, esp. Peucedanum oreoselinum; cf. mountai…

(a) the common bracken, Pteridium aquilinum (now historical); (b) = lady fern n. at lady, n. compounds 2c.

(a) any of several kinds of parsley (genus Petroselinum), or similar plants of the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae); (formerly) esp. stone-parsley, Si…

A pteroid fern, Lonchitis. Obsolete.

a tall, delicate fern, Thelypteris palustris, of fens and marshes in Eurasia and North America.

= prickly shield fern n.

any of several ferns with finely divided or curled fronds resembling parsley leaves; spec. any small fern of the genus Cryptogramma (family Adiant…

a perennial wetland fern, Onoclea sensibilis (family Onocleaceae), native to East Asia and eastern North America, with light green, deeply…

any of various tall, graceful ferns; spec. any fern of the genus Athyrium, occurring worldwide in moist shady habitats, esp. A. filix-femina, which…

the rock-brake or parsley-fern, Allosorus crispus.

a fern growing in mountainous country; spec. (also more fully sweet mountain fern) the lemon-scented fern, Oreopteris limbosperma, of mountain…

any of several ferns that grow in rocky habitats; esp. either of two parsley ferns (genus Cryptogramma), the European C. crispa, and (more fully Amer…

North American. An evergreen fern, Asplenium rhizophyllum; = walking fern, n. 2. Also walking leaf fern.

Any of several ferns of the southern hemisphere genus Todea (family Osmundaceae), or formerly included in it; also called crepe fern; esp. the king…

various forms of the genus Aspidium.

A fern of the genus of this name (family Polypodiaceæ), comprising small, rock-loving, tufted plants found in mountainous parts of Britain and other…

A climbing forest fern, Lygodium articulatum (family Schizaeaceae), found in the North Island of New Zealand and used by Maori in weaving and…

a large North American fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) with some of its fronds cinnamon-coloured.

in many names of plants, as climbing buck-wheat (Polygonum convolvulus), climbing fern (Lygodium palmatum), climbing fumitory (Corydalis claviculata…

a fern of the genus Cystopteris, from their bladder-like indusia.

†(a) any fern of the genus Osmunda (cf. royal fern n. at royal, adj. n.compounds 3a(b)) (obsolete); (b) Australian a very large fern with erect…

any of various small ferns of the genus Hymenophyllum and related genera of the family Hymenophyllaceae, having thin, translucent fronds which…

an ornamental fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris (family Dryopteridaceae), native to north temperate regions, with sterile fronds arranged like a…

spec. in the names of animals and plants. an evergreen fern of eastern North America, Thelypteris noveboracensis (family Thelypteridaceae).

Either of two New Zealand ferns. The fragrant fern, Phymatosorus scandens (family Polypodiaceae), which was formerly used by the Maori for scenting…

Any plant of the (former) class Rhizocarpeae (now the family Marsileaceae) of aquatic and semiaquatic ferns; a marsileaceous plant.

= filmy fern n. at filmy, adj. compounds 2.

Any of several semiaquatic Australian ferns of the genus Marsilea (family Marsileaceae), which have creeping rhizomes and clover-like fronds and…

a fern of the genus Gymnogramme or -gramma, having the lines of spore-cases on the lower side of the frond uncovered.

Aspidium (or Polystichum) Lonchitis, so named from its stiff prickly fronds.

a fern, Gymnocarpium robertianum, restricted to areas of limestone rock.

a kind of fern, Platycerium alcicorne.

A genus of ferns, chiefly natives of the southern hemisphere; a plant of this genus.

(see quot.).

any of several ferns of the genus Pellaea (family Pteridaceae), growing in rocky areas of the Midwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America…

a fern, Cardiomanes reniforme, with kidney-shaped leaves.

a perennial evergreen fern native to eastern North America, Polystichum acrostichoides (family Dryopteridaceae), widely cultivated as a garden plant.

Prince of Wales feathers n. (also in genitive Prince of Wales' feathers, Prince of Wales's feathers). A New Zealand fern, Leptopteris superba (family…

the Christmas fern, Polystichum acrostichoides.

the genus Aspidium.

a New Zealand fern, Leptopteris superba.

In the names of plants. A fern of the genus Platycerium. (In full staghorn fern.)

a fern of the genus Nephrolepis, which spreads by creeping rhizomes, producing new crowns.

a fern of the genus Oleandra (family Oleandraceae), having fronds thought to resemble the leaves of the oleander.

= staghorn fern (see stag-horn, n. 2c).

More fully resam fern. In Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia: any of several thicket-forming tropical ferns of the family Gleicheniaceae, with…

(see quot.).

a name given to Australian ferns of the genus Gleichenia.

a fern, Coniogramme japonica, native to Japan.

A pteroid fern.

the Sweet Fern (Myrica Comptonia).