coral fern

English

Noun

coral fern (plural coral ferns)

1. (Australia) Any of various ferns with forked coral-like fronds of the genus Gleichenia. [from 19th c.]
   • 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 31:

     [T]he ground up here is waterlogged and riddled with potholes, holes beneath the spongy coral fern, hidden holes throughout the sphagnum.