noun
in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns
• Syn: ↑Blechnum
• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Blechnaceae, ↑family Blechnaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑hard fern
Useful english dictionary. 2012.