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单词 moon-fern
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moon-fernn.

Brit. /ˈmuːnfəːn/, U.S. /ˈmunˌfərn/
Forms: see moon n.1 and fern n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moon n.1, fern n.1
Etymology: < moon n.1 + fern n.1Compare German Mondfarn, attested as the name of two different ferns.
Now rare.
Moonwort, the fern Botrychium lunaria.
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1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 208 at Harts-tongue The common & finger, moone-ferne, small, and handed moon-ferne.
1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Moon-fern, see Hart's-tongue.
1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake i. viii. 71 We saddled ouir naigis wi' the moon-fern leif, And rode fra Kilmerrin kirk.
1840 R. Browning Sordello iii. 2 Braid moonfern now with mystic trifoly.
1881 Sat. Rev. No. 1325. 374 The genus botrychium, the moon-fern or lunary, to the magical powers of which several of the Elizabethan poets bear testimony.
1945 A. B. Jackson Step's Wayside & Woodland Ferns (new. ed.) 107 Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, in one of his poems alludes to it as Moon Fern.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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