hard fern

English Thesaurus

1. any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fern,
definition	:	any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	blechnum spicant, deer fern,
definition	:	fern with erect fronds of Europe and western North America; often cultivated for deer browse (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	blechnum, genus blechnum,
definition	:	in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns (noun.plant)