WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
king fern n 1: fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa [syn: crepe fern, king fern, Todea barbara] 2: large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds [syn: royal fern, royal osmund, king fern, ditch fern, French bracken, Osmunda regalis]