1. delicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile fronds; [syn: creeping fern, Hartford fern, Lygodium palmatum]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
creeping fern
n 1: delicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining
stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile
fronds [syn: creeping fern, Hartford fern, Lygodium
palmatum]