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

2 senses of king fern

Sense 1
crepe fern, king fern, Todea barbara -- (fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa)
       => 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
royal fern, royal osmund, king fern, ditch fern, French bracken, Osmunda regalis -- (large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds)
       => flowering fern, osmund -- (any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters)