bird[s_nest_fern (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *bird's nest fern*:
NOUN	plant	bird's nest fern, Asplenium nidus	tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches

English > *bird's nest fern*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches.
Synonym	Asplenium nidus
Member of	Asplenium, genus Asplenium	In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
Broader	fern	Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward

HyperDic: bird[s_nest_fern