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A team led by John Marshall of the University of Southampton had found that the spores of fernlike plants from the time suddenly became misshapen and dark, blaming the changes on ultraviolet radiation.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 15, 2021

A narrow wedge of sky driven between seemingly opaque buildings casts the fernlike curl of a streetlight in stark silhouette.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2019

That and the plants here and there — cactuses, fernlike ones, a funny little jade — made it feel like an expat place in Tulum, back before everyone found out about it.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2017

That’s appropriate, since these fernlike patterns often form on the skin of people struck by lighting, caused by the capillaries under the skin rupturing from the shock wave generated by the electrical discharge.

From Scientific American • Jul. 23, 2013

Then the green fernlike foliage so far up strains the sunlight to a green gold and distributes it in shafts or rather in stripes of light and shade.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck