Ostrich fern
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Matteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.
- 2 tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes wordnet