Meanings
plural ostrich ferns
- Any member of the species Matteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.
Synonyms: shuttlecock fern
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny member of the species Matteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.
More synonyms by meaning
nountall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 莢果蕨 /荚果蕨
- 莢果蕨 /荚果蕨Matteuccia struthiopetris
Dutch struisvaren
- struisvarenMatteuccia struthiopetris
Finnish kotkansiipi
- kotkansiipiMatteuccia struthiopetris
German Straußenfarn
- StraußenfarnMatteuccia struthiopetris
Korean 청나래고사리
- 청나래고사리 (cheongnaraegosari)Matteuccia struthiopetris
Welsh rhedyn estrys
- rhedyn estrysMatteuccia struthiopetris
Cite this entry
ostrich fern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ostrich%20fern
“ostrich fern.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ostrich%20fern. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ostrich fern,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ostrich%20fern.
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