| 单词 | limestone oak fern |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslimestone oak fern 2. A fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris (family Woodsiaceae), having delicate tripinnate fronds and found in shady, esp. rocky or mountainous places in north temperate regions. Also (occasionally): any other fern of the genus Gymnocarpium, esp. (in full limestone oak fern) the limestone fern, G. robertianum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > polypodies everferneOE polypodya1398 polypoda1500 polypody of the oaka1500 polypodium1525 wall fern1526 brake of the wall1561 polypody of the wall1597 oak fern1844 rabbit's foot fern1886 1844 E. Newman Hist. Brit. Ferns (ed. 2) 128 The name of Oak Fern, derived from Dryopteris, appears as inapplicable as that of Beech Fern..and is adopted in deference to the opinions of others. 1855 T. Moore Nature printed Ferns Pl. v The smooth three-branched Polypody, or Oak fern. 1882 Thomson in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 No. 4. 449 The oak-fern..showed exquisitely fine fronds. 1903 C. T. Druery Bk. of Brit. Ferns 70 The soft moonshiny green of the Oak Fern..constitute it one of those rarities which even the veriest plant hunter hardly wishes to see other than in its native simplicity. 1940 H. A. Hyde & A. E. Wade Welsh Ferns 113 Gymnocarpium dryopteris... Oak Fern... Rocky woods, shaded rocky banks of streams, by waterfalls and on screes; locally frequent. 1988 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Mar. 137/2 Another species growing in profusion and sheltered by overhanging trees is the bright green oak fern. 1991 C. Jermy & J. Camus Illustr. Field Guide Ferns & Allied Plants Brit. Isles 128 Limestone Oak Fern Gymnocarpium robertianum (Hoffm.) Newman. < as lemmas |
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