Akademik

any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining

↑creeping fern, ↑Hartford fern, ↑Lygodium palmatum, ↑climbing maidenhair, ↑climbing maidenhair fern, ↑snake fern, ↑Lygodium microphyllum

: any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium; especially : a delicate No. American fern (L. palmatum) having a twining stem, palmately lobed sterile fronds, and sporiferous fronds that are much forked, form a terminal panicle, and are highly valued for decoration — called also creeping fern

any of several chiefly tropical, vinelike ferns of the genus Lygodium, having climbing or trailing stems.

[1810-20, Amer.]