1. (noun) 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

• angiopteris
• angiopteris evecta
• giant fern
• black tree fern
• cyathea medullaris
• sago fern
• silver tree fern
• cibotium barometz
• scythian lamb
• dicksonia antarctica
• soft tree fern
• thyrsopteris
• thyrsopteris elegans

1. (noun) 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

• fern