spider fern

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spider fern - fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary IslandsPteris serrulata, ribbon fernfern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporesgenus Pteris, Pteris - large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae
	2.	spider fern - Asiatic fern introduced in AmericaPteris multifida, spider brakefern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporesgenus Pteris, Pteris - large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae