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

1 sense of sword fern

Sense 1
sword fern -- (any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)