staghorn
Deer's branching crown
Staghorn describes something branching like a deer's antlers.
A staghorn fern has fronds that fork repeatedly, resembling antler shapes.
Staghorn coral branches similarly in tropical reefs.
A staghorn sumac is a shrub with fuzzy, antler-like branches.
The term appears in compound forms: staghorn coral, staghorn fern, staghorn handle on a knife.
Underwater rock or coral formation
- polypFleshy membrane projection
- calcificationMineral hardening of tissue
- cnidarianStinging aquatic invertebrate
- bleachingChemical color removal
symbiosis · biodiversity · fringing · lagoon · barrier · atoll · colony · skeleton
Large North American cervid
- mooseLargest cervid, northern forests
- caribouNorth American arctic deer
- deerAntlered hoofed mammal
- buckMale deer or dollar
trophy · rack · tines · velvet · shedding · cervine · hart · herd
reef
Underwater rock or coral formation
- polypFleshy membrane projection
- calcificationMineral hardening of tissue
- cnidarianStinging aquatic invertebrate
bleaching · symbiosis · biodiversity · fringing · lagoon · barrier · atoll · colony · skeleton · branching
elk
Large North American cervid
buck · trophy · rack · tines · velvet · shedding · cervine · hart · herd · mount
epiphyte
Non-parasitic botanical hitchhiker
tropical · houseplant · humidity · basket · elkhorn · shield · rhizome · aerial · rainforest · propagation
drupe
Seed-bearing fleshy fruit
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- spicePlant-derived food flavoring
- zaatarHerbed Middle Eastern seasoning
lemonade · tannin · autumn · foliage · native · thicket · fuzzy · cluster · edible · shrub
- fernsfern, frond, fronds, bracken, maidenhair fern
staghorntusk
Extended external tooth
narwhal tusk · unicorn horn · elephant tusk · cow horn · rhinoceros horn
- staghorn fernEpiphyte with bifurcated fronds