hard fern

/hɑrd fərn/

Definitions of hard fern

1. noun

   any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum
   types:

   Blechnum spicant, deer fern

   fern with erect fronds of Europe and western North America; often cultivated for deer browse

   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