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

1 sense of boston fern

Sense 1
Boston fern, Nephrolepis exaltata, Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis -- (a sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds; a popular houseplant)
       => sword fern -- (any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed)