beech fern

/bitʃ fərn/

Other forms: beech ferns

Definitions of beech fern

1. noun

   any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds
   types:

   Dryopteris hexagonoptera, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Thelypteris hexagonoptera, broad beech fern, southern beech fern

   beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes

   Dryopteris phegopteris, Phegopteris connectilis, Thelypteris phegopteris, long beech fern, narrow beech fern, northern beech fern

   beech fern of North America and Eurasia

   type of:

   fern

   any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores