Meaning of FLOWERING FERN

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters [n]  Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds
	Synonyms:		Helminthostachys zeylanica, osmund
	See Also:		cinnamon fern, ditch fern, fern, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern, French bracken, genus Helminthostachys, genus Osmunda, Helminthostachys, interrupted fern, king fern, Osmunda cinnamonea, Osmunda clatonia, Osmunda regalis, royal fern, royal osmund