stag·horn fern (st g hôrn )n. Any of several tropical epiphytic ferns of the genus Platycerium, having large, dichotoemously divided fertile fronds that resemble antlers. |
staghorn fern [ˈstægˌhɔːn]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various tropical and subtropical ferns of the genus Platycerium with fronds resembling antlers
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| Noun | 1. | staghorn fern - any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores genus Platycerium, Platycerium - often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns Platycerium andinum, South American staghorn - fern of Peru and Bolivia common staghorn fern, elkhorn fern, Platycerium alcicorne, Platycerium bifurcatum - commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia |
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