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| acrogen |
a plant that produces no flower and grows only from the tip of the stem, such as a fern or moss. |
| Boston fern |
a fern commonly cultivated as a houseplant, with opposing staggered leaflets on long arched drooping stems. |
| bracken |
a large, coarse fern. [1/2 definitions] |
| fiddlehead |
the curled tip of a young fern frond, esp. one that is edible when cooked. [1/2 definitions] |
| frond |
a long, finely divided leaf, as of a fern or certain palms. |
| pinna |
any of the leaflets of a pinnate leaf such as that of a fern. [1/3 definitions] |
| rhizoid |
a rootlike filament that connects a plant, such as a fern or moss, to the substratum where it derives nourishment. [1/2 definitions] |
| stipe |
a stalk or stalklike structure, such as the stemlike support of the cap of a mushroom or the main stem of a fern frond. |
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