'Flowering fern' definitions:
Definition of 'flowering fern'
(from WordNet)
noun
Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds [syn: flowering fern, Helminthostachys zeylanica]
noun
Any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters [syn: flowering fern, osmund]
Definition of 'Flowering fern'
From: GCIDE
- Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, a. (Bot.) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Flowering fern, a genus of showy ferns (Osmunda), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places.
- Flowering plants, plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished from flowerless plants.
- Flowering rush, a European rushlike plant ({Butomus umbellatus}), with an umbel of rosy blossoms. [1913 Webster]