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tree fern
(Encyclopedia) tree fern, any fern having a treelike trunk. Sometimes other similar primitive plants are also called tree fern, e.g., species of cycad.Christmas fern
(Encyclopedia) Christmas fern: see fern.male fern
(Encyclopedia) male fern: see fern.fern
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Life cycle of a fern fern, any plant of the division Polypodiophyta. Fern species, numbering several thousand, are found throughout the world but are especially abundant in…Brewer's: Fern
(See Fanny Fern.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Fern SeedFerguson A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…water fern
(Encyclopedia) water fern, common name for various species of aquatic ferns.Brewer's: Fanny Fern
A nom de plume of Mrs. Sarah Payson Parton, sister of Mr. N. P. Willis, the American poet. (Born 1811, died 1872.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Fern Seed
We have the receipt of fern seed, we walk invisible (1 Henry IV., act iv. 4). The seed of certain species of fern is so small as to be invisible to the naked eye, and hence the plant was…sweet fern
(Encyclopedia) sweet fern, common name for several plants belonging to different botanical divisions. One is a shrub of the family Myricaceae (bayberry family) in the division Magnoliophyta; others…adder's-tongue
(Encyclopedia) adder's-tongue, name for a fern genus (Ophioglossum). Adder's-tongues are classified in the division Pteridophyta.Trending
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