fern root
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He describes an islet with "signs of visits of the natives" and on the main, in low grounds, were holes where they dug for fern root.
From The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant by Lee, Ida
They are cowhage, scammony, male fern root, calomel, gamboge, tin, and turpentine.
From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous
"Had to dig a big fern root for Mary."
From The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening by Garis, Lilian
We cut open the baskets, some of which were full of roasted flesh, and others of fern root, which serves them for bread.
From A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 by Earle, Augustus
A decoction is made with two ounces of the sweet fern root boiled in one and one-half pints water to one pint.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
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