WordNet
ribbon fern
n. fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands [syn: spider fern, Pteris serrulata]
epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America [syn: grass fern, Vittaria lineata]
epiphytic fern with straplike usually twisted fronds of tropical Asia and Polynesia and America [syn: Ophioglossum pendulum]