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filix Bot.|ˈfaɪlɪks, ˈfɪlɪks|
Usu. in pl. filices.
[a. L. filix fern.]
The group of plants in the division Pteridophyta that includes the ferns. Hence filiˈcetum [-etum], a collection of living ferns.
1731P. Miller Gardeners Dict., Filix: Fern. There are great Varieties of this Plant in the different Parts of the World. 1789G. White Selborne i. v. 11 These..scenes..delight the naturalist.. with their curious filices with which they abound. 1832J. Lindley Introd. Bot. iii. 195 Filices, or ferns, are plants consisting of a number of leaves, or fronds, as they are called, attached to a stem. 1856Athenæum 19 Jan. 73/1 Every garden its Filicetum for the cultivation of those species which will bear exposure in our climate. 1869S. Hibberd Fern Garden i. 1 The ferns or filices are the most noble of all. 1891G. Massee Evol. Plant Life vii. 213 Filices (Ferns)..includes some of the largest of Cryptogams living at the present day. 1965Bell & Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. III. 572 Some of the Filices have distinct long shoots. |