WordNet
water fern
n. ferns that grow in water [syn: aquatic fern]
Wikipedia
Water fern
Water fern is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
- Salviniales, an order of aquatic ferns
- Azolla filiculoides
- Blechnum cartilagineum, or soft water fern
- Blechnum chambersii, lance water fern
- Blechnum fluviatile, or ray water fern
- Blechnum indicum, or swamp water fern
- Blechnum nudum, or fishbone water fern
- Blechnum patersonii, or strap water fern
- Blechnum penna-marina, or alpine water fern
- Blechnum wattsii, or hard water fern
- Bolbitis heudelotii, or African water fern
- Histiopteris incisa
- Osmunda regalis
- Regnellidium diphyllum, or two-leaf water fern
- Salvinia molesta, or giant water fern
Usage examples of "water fern".
Parts of the waterway were covered with pavements of brick-red water fern or wide patches of water hyacinth, whose waxy white flowers breathed a sickly-sweet odor.