Noun: flowering fern
- Any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
"The flowering fern added drama to the shaded garden bed";
- osmund
- Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds
"The flowering fern displayed its spore-bearing fronds prominently";
- Helminthostachys zeylanica
Derived forms: flowering ferns
Type of: fern
Part of: genus Helminthostachys, genus Osmunda, Helminthostachys
Encyclopedia: Flowering fern