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

2 senses of flowering fern

Sense 1
flowering fern, Helminthostachys zeylanica -- (Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds)
       => 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
flowering fern, osmund -- (any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)