| 单词 | resurrection fern |
| 释义 | > as lemmasresurrection fern resurrection fern n. the polypody fern Pleopeltis polypodioides, of the southern United States, tropical America, and parts of Africa, which curls up in dry weather as if dead, but which uncurls after rain and becomes green again. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > names applied to various ferns oak ferna1400 osmund?a1425 polytrich1526 rough spleenwort1597 parsley fern1777 sword-fern1829 bird's nest fern1831 resurrection fern1870 1870 Spiritual Mag. Feb. 61 Would the pressmen like to see in my greenhouse a specimen of the famous resurrection fern from Mexico, which, after being dried for months, will open out at any half-hour, when placed in a saucer of warm water? 1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New v. 30 The ‘resurrection fern’..curls up its fronds in drought, and uncurls them when the rains return. 1998 S. Orlean Orchid Thief 36 On my first walk in the swamp I saw strap lilies and water willows and sumac and bladderwort, and resurrection ferns springing out of a fallen dead tree. < as lemmas |
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