maidenhair spleenwort


noun
  1. an evergreen fern, Asplenium trichomanes, abundant in woody areas of the North Temperate Zone, having thickly clustered fronds.

Origin of maidenhair spleenwort

1
First recorded in 1830–40

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How to use maidenhair spleenwort in a sentence

  • In such a retreat as this ravine the maidenhair spleenwort seems peculiarly at home.

    How to Know the Ferns | Frances Theodora Parsons
  • This is a species which in its early days is sometimes confused with the Black maidenhair spleenwort.

    How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard Bastin
  • The Black maidenhair spleenwort retains its fronds throughout the winter.

    How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard Bastin
  • A curious feature of the leaf-stalks of the maidenhair spleenwort is that they do not decay at once when the pinnæ fall off.

    How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard Bastin
  • In some respects this species resembles the maidenhair spleenwort, though there are certain important distinctions.

    How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard Bastin