English noun: shuttlecock fern | |||
1. | shuttlecock fern (plant) tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes | ||
Synonyms | fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris, ostrich fern, Pteretis struthiopteris | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fern | ||
Member meronym | genus Matteuccia, genus Pteretis, Matteuccia, Pteretis | ||