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

2 senses of button fern

Sense 1
button fern, Pellaea rotundifolia -- (fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Sense 2
button fern, Tectaria cicutaria -- (Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)