| 单词 | potato fern |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspotato fern potato fern n. (a) chiefly Australian a fern of the genus Marattia (the para or king fern); (b) any of several tropical South American ferns of the genus Solanopteris (family Polypodiaceae), the rhizomes of which contain specialized sacs that are inhabited by ants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horseshoe fern or part king fern1829 para1869 potato fern1881 synangium1881 horseshoe-fern1898 1881 F. M. Bailey Fern World Austral. 24 Potatoe Fern. 1974 Brenesia 4 37 The potato ferns are unique in the New World for possessing hollowed tuber-like modified stems frequently containing ants. 1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 544 Solanopteris Copel. Polypodiaceae... S. bifrons..(potato fern). Tubers inhabited by Azteca & other ants. 2003 Cairns Post (Nexis) 23 May 39 The moisture-loving potato fern, with arching 3m long fronds. < as lemmas |
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