Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun giant_fern
1 sense of giant fern
Sense 1
angiopteris, giant fern, Angiopteris evecta -- (highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall)
=> tree fern -- (any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae)