OAK FERN


Meaning of OAK FERN in English

a small woodland fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, of northern regions, having triangular, pinnate fronds that slant horizontally.

[ 1540-50; trans. of L dryopteris dryopterís, equiv. to dryo- (comb. form of drys oak) + ptéris fern ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .