king fern

/kɪŋ fərn/

Other forms: king ferns

Definitions of king fern

1. noun

   large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
   synonyms: French bracken, Osmunda regalis, ditch fern, royal fern, royal osmund

   type of:

   flowering fern, osmund

   any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
2. noun

   fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa
   synonyms: Todea barbara, crepe fern

   type of:

   fern

   any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores