| a small, compact fern, Nephrolepis pectinata, of tropical America, often grown in hanging baskets. |
| basket fern | |
noun | |
| 1. | tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil |
| 2. | giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia |