staghorn fern

Other forms: staghorn ferns

Definitions of staghorn fern

1. noun

   any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag
   types:

   Platycerium andinum, South American staghorn

   fern of Peru and Bolivia

   Platycerium alcicorne, Platycerium bifurcatum, common staghorn fern, elkhorn fern

   commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia

   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