| 单词 | rattlesnake fern |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrattlesnake fern rattlesnake fern n. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > moonwort lunaryc1386 moonworta1425 May grapes1548 unshoe-the-horse1635 moon-fern1659 rattlesnake fern1814 1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis II. 656 Botrychium virginianum..is known by the name of Rattle Snake Fern. 1931 W. N. Clute Common Names Plants 109 The spore-cases of one of our ferns are borne in spikes that so strongly suggest the rattles of the rattlesnake that it is commonly known as the rattlesnake fern. 1993 N.Y. Times 19 Oct. c1/5 Fire has periodically been sweeping the landscape once again and legions of fire-adapted prairie plants—with names like jointed goatgrass and rattlesnake fern, ebony spleenwort and lady's tresses—have sprung up naturally in its cleansing wake. < as lemmas |
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