What is another word for Ferns?
Pronunciation: [fˈɜːnz] (IPA) 
Looking for alternative words for ferns? These delicate, elegant plants with fronds and spores have many synonyms that can be used to describe them. Some common synonyms for ferns include pteridophytes, bracken, fronds, and elkhorns. Pteridophytes describe all seedless vascular plants, including ferns, horsetails, and club mosses. Bracken refers specifically to the genus Pteridium, which includes several large fern species. Fronds are the leaves of ferns, while elkhorns are large, branching ferns that resemble deer antlers. Other possible synonyms for ferns might include fiddleheads, which are the coiled, immature leaves of certain fern species, and maidenhair ferns, which are characterized by delicate, fan-shaped fronds.
