Noun: Onoclea sensibilis
- Beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes
"Onoclea sensibilis got its name from its reaction to frost";
- sensitive fern, bead fern
Type of: fern
Part of: genus Onoclea, Onoclea
Encyclopedia: Onoclea sensibilis