Noun: broad beech fern
- Beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-coloured stripes
"Broad beech ferns grew in the shade of the old trees";
- southern beech fern, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Dryopteris hexagonoptera, Thelypteris hexagonoptera
Derived forms: broad beech ferns
Type of: beech fern
Encyclopedia: Broad beech fern