button fern

1. 1.

   fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets

   SynonymsPellaea rotundifolia

   Broaderfern

   Part ofPellaea
2. 2.

   Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils

   SynonymsTectaria cicutaria

   Broaderfern

   Part ofTectaria

Questions about button fern

What does button fern mean?

button fern means "fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for button fern?

Close synonyms include Pellaea rotundifolia, Tectaria cicutaria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is button fern a common word?

button fern is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.