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

2 senses of silver fern

Sense 1
silver fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos -- (tropical American fern having fronds with white 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
silver fern, Pityrogramma argentea -- (fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)