Female fern

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• Female

  ·adj Belonging to an individual of the female sex; characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female ten...

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• Fern

  ·adv Long ago. II. Fern ·adj Ancient; old. [Obs.] "Pilgrimages to ... ferne halwes." [saints]. III...

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• Female rhymes

  ·- double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminin...

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• female hemp

  ; female hemp, is that which is chiefly used for domestic purposes, and therefore falls to the care ...

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• Sea fern

  ·- Any gorgonian which branches like a fern. ...

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• black-fern

  n. The Tasmanian species so calledis Athyrium australe, Presl., N.O. Polypodeae. ...

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• clover-fern

  n. another name for the plantcalled Nardoo (q.v.). ...

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• coral-fern

  n. name given in Victoria to Gleichenia circinata, Swartz, called in Bailey's list Parasol-Fern. Se...

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• fern-bird

  n. a New Zealand bird ofthe genus Sphenoecus. Also called Grass-bird,and New Zealand Pipit. There a...

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• fern-tree

  n. Name applied to variousspecies of ferns which grow to a large size, the stem in thefully grown p...

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• horseshoe-fern

  n. name given in New Zealand tothe fern Marattia fraxinia, Sm., called in Australia the Potato-Fern...

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• potato-fern

  n. a fern ( Marattiafraxinea, Smith) with a large part edible, sc. the basalscales of the frond. Ca...

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• prickly fern

  n. Alsophila australis,R. Br., N.O. Filices. 1862. W. Archer, `Products of Tasmania,' p. 41: «Pri...

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• star-fern

  n. name given in Victoria to Gleichenia flabellata, R. Br.; called also Fan-fern. See Fern. ...

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• tree-fern

  n. See fern-tree. ...

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• Hare's-foot fern

  ·- A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; — whence the name. ...

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• Stag-horn fern

  ·- ·see under <<Stag>>. ...

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• cat's-head fern

  n. Aspidium aculeatum, Sw.: 1880. Mrs. Meredith, `Tasmanian Friends and Foes,' p. 220: «The cat's-...

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• fern-tree gully

  See fern-tree and gully. ...

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• grass-leaved fern

  n. Vittaria elongata,Swartz, N.O. Filices. 1883. F. M. Bailey, `Synopsis of Queensland Flora,' p. ...

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• old-man fern

  a Bush-name in Tasmania for the Tree-fern (q.v.). ...

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