noun
1. epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America
• Syn: ↑grass fern, ↑Vittaria lineata
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Member Holonyms: ↑Vittaria, ↑genus Vittaria
2. epiphytic fern with straplike usually twisted fronds of tropical Asia and Polynesia and America
• Syn: ↑Ophioglossum pendulum
• Hypernyms: ↑adder's tongue, ↑adder's tongue fern
3. fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands
• Syn: ↑spider fern, ↑Pteris serrulata
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pteris, ↑genus Pteris
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noun1. : a fern of the genus Vittaria having grasslike fronds
2. : a commonly cultivated Asiatic fern (Pteris serrulata) naturalized in tropical America
3. : an Australian adder's-tongue (Ophioglossum pendulum)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.