rabbit's-foot fern

Noun

 * 1) Any fern in the genus  (including those formerly classified in a separate genus, ), often grown as houseplants for their foliage and for their furry-looking rhizomes that grow partly above ground.
 * 2) A similar fern in the related family, of species.
 * 1) A similar fern in the related family, of species.

Usage notes

 * A number of reference works are quite specific about which species have which common name out of the synonym list above, but different references assign them to different species-there doesn't seem to be complete agreement on any one species across even most of the references. The most common assignments for "rabbit's-foot fern" seem to be, , and , while "bear's-foot fern" seems to be reserved for former "Humata" species such as - but all of the species have been named "rabbit's-foot fern" in at least one work and all of them have been given one of the other names in at least one work.