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

1 sense of brittle fern

Sense 1
brittle bladder fern, brittle fern, fragile fern, Cystopteris fragilis -- (delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems)
       => bladder fern -- (any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori)