| 单词 | palm fern |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspalm fern palm fern n. (a) [after German Palmfarn (1868 in the passage translated in quot. 1876)] a cycad; (b) rare a tall Australasian tree fern, Cyathea cunninghamii. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > cycads Zamia1819 cycad1845 palm fern1876 Hottentot's head1884 1876 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation II. xvii. 110 Of the two classes of Gymnosperms just mentioned, that of the Palm Ferns [Ger. Palmfarne] (Zamiae, or Cycadeae) stands at the lowest stage, and is directly allied to ferns. 1895 E. Clodd Primer Evol. (1900) v. 54 The cycads or palm-ferns, so called from their resemblance to palms, for which, with their crown of feathery leaves, they are often mistaken. 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Palm fern, a an Australian tree fern (Cyathea cunninghamii). 1989 Toronto Star (Nexis) 16 Feb. a18 The clay flask was buried under a metre of dirt and carefully wrapped in delicate palm fern leaves. < as lemmas |
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