NOUN | plant | Asplenium nidus, bird's nest fern | tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches |
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Meaning | Tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches. | |
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Synonym | bird's nest fern | |
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 |
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