noun
tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
• Syn: ↑ostrich fern, ↑shuttlecock fern, ↑fiddlehead, ↑Pteretis struthiopteris, ↑Onoclea struthiopteris
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Member Holonyms: ↑Matteuccia, ↑genus Matteuccia, ↑Pteretis, ↑genus Pteretis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.