单词 | sword-fern |
释义 | > as lemmassword-fern sword-fern n. name for several ferns with long narrow fronds, as the genus Xiphopteris, Polystichum munitum, native to western North America, Nephrolepis exaltata and other species, and Grammitis australis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > names applied to various ferns oak ferna1400 osmund?a1425 polytrich1526 rough spleenwort1597 parsley fern1777 sword-fern1829 bird's nest fern1831 resurrection fern1870 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants Xiphopteris. Sword-Fern. 1899 S. J. Cotes Path of Star i. 4 The bunch of sword-ferns..grew beside the door. 1932 J. Steinbeck Pastures of Heaven vi. 126 Swordferns grew rankly under the alders. 1976 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 4 Jan. 5/1 Most of the park is forest, the damp coastal rain forest of huge sword-ferns and gigantic cedar trees. < as lemmas |
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