sensitive fern

Noun
  1. Beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe;
    Pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched;
    Pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes (synset 113219812)
    is a 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
    belongs to: genus onoclea, onoclea - one species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae
    same as: bead fern, onoclea sensibilis

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