button fern

button fern

n.

A New Zealand fern (Pellaea rotundifolia) cultivated as a houseplant for its arching or trailing leaves with round, dark green, buttonlike leaflets.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	button fern - fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets Pellaea rotundifolia fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores genus Pellaea, Pellaea - genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
	2.	button fern - Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils Tectaria cicutaria fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores genus Tectaria, Tectaria - terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests