maidenhair spleenwort
noun
an evergreen fern, Asplenium trichomanes, abundant in woody areas of the North Temperate Zone, having thickly clustered fronds.
Origin of maidenhair spleenwort
1First 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 ParsonsThis is a species which in its early days is sometimes confused with the Black maidenhair spleenwort.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinThe Black maidenhair spleenwort retains its fronds throughout the winter.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinA 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 BastinIn some respects this species resembles the maidenhair spleenwort, though there are certain important distinctions.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard Bastin
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