| NOUN | plant | Nephrolepis pectinata, basket fern, toothed sword fern | tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage |
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| Meaning | Tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil. | |
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| Synonyms | basket fern, toothed sword fern | |
| Broader | sword fern | Any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed |
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