| flowering fern | (n) Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds, Syn. Helminthostachys zeylanica |
| flowering fern | (n) any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters, Syn. osmund |
| 薇 | [ぜんまい;ゼンマイ, zenmai ; zenmai] (n) (uk) royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund [Add to Longdo] |