tree fern

1. Any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds;
   Found especially in Australia and New Zealand;
   Chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae (synset 113207552)
   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
   subtypes:

   • black tree fern, cyathea medullaris, sago fern, silver tree fern - a showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides
   • dicksonia antarctica, soft tree fern - of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates
   • cibotium barometz, scythian lamb - Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic
   • thyrsopteris, thyrsopteris elegans - a terrestrial tree fern of South America
   • angiopteris, angiopteris evecta, giant fern - highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall

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