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

2 senses of silvery spleenwort

Sense 1
silvery spleenwort, Deparia acrostichoides, Athyrium thelypteroides -- (fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores)
       => 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
silvery spleenwort, glade fern, narrow-leaved spleenwort, Athyrium pycnocarpon, Diplazium pycnocarpon -- (North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)