flowering fern

Noun flowering fern has 2 senses

• flowering fern(n = noun.plant) helminthostachys zeylanica - Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds; Array
is a kind of fern
is a member of genus helminthostachys, helminthostachys

• flowering fern(n = noun.plant) osmund - any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters; Array
is a kind of fern
is a member of genus osmunda
has particulars: ditch fern, french bracken, king fern, osmunda regalis, royal fern, royal osmund, interrupted fern, osmunda clatonia, cinnamon fern, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern, osmunda cinnamonea