/ Thesaurus / B Synonyms of basket fern Find synonyms for: Noun1. basket fern, toothed sword fern, Nephrolepis pectinata, sword fernusage: tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil2. basket fern, Drynaria rigidula, fernusage: giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and AustraliaWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: reticent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language