GRASS FERN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America

Synonyms:

grass fern; ribbon fern; Vittaria lineata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("grass fern" is a kind of...):

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Holonyms ("grass fern" is a member of...):

genus Vittaria; Vittaria (tropical epiphytic ferns with straplike fronds)