button fern

/ˌbʌtn fərn/

Definitions of button fern

1. noun

   fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets
   synonyms: Pellaea rotundifolia

   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
2. noun

   Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils
   synonyms: Tectaria cicutaria

   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