| 单词 | lady fern |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslady fern lady fern n. [compare post-classical Latin filix femina (1527 or earlier in a translation of Dioscorides as filix foemina), classical Latin filix nymphaea, thēlypteris (both in Pliny), Hellenistic Greek θηλυπτερίς (Theophrastus, Dioscorides), all taken to denote the common bracken] any of various tall, graceful ferns; spec. any fern of the genus Athyrium, occurring worldwide in moist shady habitats, esp. A. filix-femina, which is often cultivated for its delicate lacy foliage. 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- 1783 tr. C. Linnaeus Syst. Veg. II. 803 Thelypteris... Lady-Fern. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies i. 13 The great tuft of lady ferns. 1919 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 9 86 There are two species..of Lady Ferns in the eastern half of the United States, neither of which is identical with Athyrium filix-foemina..of Europe. 2006 Chesapeake Life June 86/2 (caption) Lady ferns provide a lush, cushioned bed for a tulip poplar, coated with a scale-like covering of lichen, felled by resident beavers. < as lemmas |
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