noun
delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris
• Syn: ↑Massachusetts fern, ↑Thelypteris simulata
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Member Holonyms: ↑Parathelypteris, ↑genus Parathelypteris
Useful english dictionary. 2012.