Noun: ostrich fern
- Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
"They harvested the young fiddleheads of the ostrich fern in spring";
- shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris
Derived forms: ostrich ferns
Type of: fern
Part of: genus Matteuccia, genus Pteretis, Matteuccia, Pteretis
Encyclopedia: Ostrich fern