potato fern

/pəˌteɪdoʊ fərn/

Definitions of potato fern

1. noun

   large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people
   synonyms: Marattia salicina

   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

   small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings along rhizomes
   synonyms: Solanopteris bifrons

   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