rattlesnake fern
noun
An unusually tall moonwort of Eurasia and North America, Botrychium virginianum, with a triangular, ternately compound sterile blade from which a fertile frond emerges, thought to resemble the tail of a rattlesnake.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Frederick Pursh (1774–1820).
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