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

2 senses of golden fern

Sense 1
golden fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava -- (tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides)
       => 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
golden fern, leather fern, Acrostichum aureum -- (stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)