单词 | mule's fern |
释义 | > as lemmasmule's fern mule's fern n. (also mule fern) now rare. any of several ferns related to hart's tongue, Asplenium scolopendrium; esp. the Mediterranean fern A. sagittata, with sagittate fronds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > spleenworts maidenhairc1300 finger fern1548 scale-fern1548 stone-rue1548 wall rue1548 tentwort?1550 ceterach1551 stone-fern1552 English maidenhair1562 male fern1562 miltwaste1578 spleenwort1578 stonewort1585 white maidenhair1597 milt-wort1611 mule's fern1633 rusty-back1776 maidenhair spleenwort1837 sea-spleenwort1850 sea-fern1855 scaly spleenwort1859 black adiantum1866 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) 1137 There is another kinde of Hart-tongue called Hemionitis,..that is, Mulus, a Mule, because Mules do delight to feed thereon.] 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) 1138 (caption) Hemionitis maior. Mules Ferne, or Moone-Ferne. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum x. x. 1047 Hemionitis. Mules Ferne. 1. Hemionitis major. The Greater Mules Ferne. 2. Hemionitis altera seu minor. The Lesser Mules Ferne. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Hemionitis,..in English, Mules Fern, is somewhat like the Horse-tongue. 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) Index 1207/2 Mule's fern, Asplenium hemionitis. 1994 M. Griffiths Index Garden Plants 109/1 A. sagittatum (DC.) Bange. Mule's fern. < as lemmas |
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