| 单词 | female fern |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfemale fern female fern n. [compare post-classical Latin filix femina : see lady fern n. at lady n. Compounds 2c] (a) the common bracken, Pteridium aquilinum (now historical); (b) = lady fern n. at lady n. Compounds 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > other ferns mountain parsley1578 female fern1597 rock parsley1597 spleenwort1597 marsh fern1686 prickly fern1764 parsley fern1777 sensitive fern1780 lady fern1783 stone-brake1796 mountain fern1800 rock brake1802 walking leaf1811 todea1813 shield-fern1814 Woodsia1815 mangemange1817 cinnamon fern1818 climbing fern1818 bladder-fern1828 king fern1829 filmy fern1830 ostrich fern1833 New York fern1843 mokimoki1844 rhizocarp1852 film-fern1855 nardoo1860 gymnogram1861 holly-fern1861 limestone-polypody1861 elk-horn1865 Gleichenia1865 lizard's herb1866 cliff brake1867 kidney fern1867 Christmas fern1873 Prince of Wales feathers1873 Christmas shield fern1878 buckler-fern1882 crape-fern1882 stag-horn1882 ladder fern1884 oleander fern1884 stag fern1884 resam1889 lip-fern1890 coral-fern1898 bamboo fern1930 pteroid1949 fern-gale- 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lx. 400 Two kindes of Fernes..the male and female.] 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 969 Filix fœmina. Female Ferne or brakes. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Filix The sharp pointed Female Fern hath the mains Stalks about a Foot long. 1857 Fraser’s Mag. Mar. 351/2 By some botanists the common bracken has been designated the female fern, from the graceful feathering of its fronds; but the lady fern certainly excels it in beauty of form. 1903 Gardener’s Chron. 1 Aug. 69/1 The true female Fern of all the old authorities was the common Bracken, Pteris aquilina. 1995 Independent on Sunday 9 Apr. (Review Suppl.) 81/3 We've just planted a miniature Victorian stumpery of male ferns (Dryopteris filix-mas) and female ferns (Athyrium filix-foemina). < as lemmas |
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