HyperDic: brittle_fern

English > 1 sense of the expression *brittle fern*:
NOUN	plant	brittle fern, brittle bladder fern, fragile fern, Cystopteris fragilis	delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems

English > *brittle fern*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems.
Synonyms	brittle bladder fern, fragile fern, Cystopteris fragilis
Broader	bladder fern	Any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori