单词 | hard fern |
释义 | hard fernn. Any of various ferns constituting the widespread genus Blechnum (family Blechnaceae), typically having rather hard pinnate fronds; esp. B. spicant, an evergreen fern of Europe and North America. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > hard ferns hard fern1828 crown fern1849 pig-fern1926 1828 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora IV. 316 Blechnum boreale, Northern Hard-fern. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. viii. 182 The blechnum, or hard fern, is plentiful in both islands. 1889 M. C. Cooke Fern Bk. for Everybody 89 The Brackens most resemble the Hard Ferns in the fruiting. 1959 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Res. 2 538 Attempts at controlling some small patches of hard fern with this hormone were unsuccessful. 1974 W. Condry Woodlands iii. 36 Ferns also do well in such habitats if there is plenty of shade: male fern, lady fern, broad buckler-fern and hard fern being the largest and commonest species. 2010 R. Rogers Encycl. Container Plants 89/1 (heading) Blechnum hard fern. 2010 J. Freeman Create your own Woodland Garden v. 171 The Hard Ferns are inhabitants mainly of the moist woodlands of the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmashard fern hard fern n. = Blechnum.extracted from fernn.1< n.1828 as lemmas |
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