sensitive fern

Noun sensitive fern has 1 sense

• sensitive fern(n = noun.plant) bead fern, onoclea sensibilis - beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes;
is a kind of fern
is a member of genus onoclea, onoclea