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