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

3 senses of scented fern

Sense 1
hay-scented, hay-scented fern, scented fern, boulder fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula -- (fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay)
       => 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
scented fern, Mohria caffrorum -- (sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate 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 3
tansy, golden buttons, scented fern, Tanacetum vulgare -- (common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally)
       => composite, composite plant -- (considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers)