Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun new_york_fern

1 sense of new york fern

Sense 1
New York fern, Parathelypteris novae-boracensis, Dryopteris noveboracensis -- (slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)