1. in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns; [syn: Blechnum, genus Blechnum]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Blechnum
n 1: in some classification systems placed in family
Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan
distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns
[syn: Blechnum, genus Blechnum]