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

2 senses of spider fern

Sense 1
ribbon fern, spider fern, Pteris serrulata -- (fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands)
       => 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
spider brake, spider fern, Pteris multifida -- (Asiatic fern introduced in America)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)