staghorn fern

1. 1.

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

   Broaderfern

   NarrowerSouth American staghorncommon staghorn fern

   Part ofPlatycerium

Questions about staghorn fern

What does staghorn fern mean?

staghorn fern means "any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag".

Is staghorn fern a common word?

staghorn fern is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.