fern root

British  

noun

1. another name for aruhe

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Example Sentences

When I had reached the top, I found a number of men, women, and children sitting round their fires roasting snappers, crawfish, and fern root.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)

It must not be supposed, as some have believed, that the fern root, wherever it grows, is fit for food.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

"Had to dig a big fern root for Mary."

From The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening by Garis, Lilian

They are cowhage, scammony, male fern root, calomel, gamboge, tin, and turpentine.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

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