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king fern

British  

noun

  1. another name for para 3

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Hum-m! if ’tweren’t for that, I could maist fling out an’ dance the ‘Rigs o’ Barley’ a-watching o’ those happy lasses,” he whimsically confessed in the ear of a king fern.

From Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl by Hornibrook, Isabel Katherine

Look at him marching along with that great branch of king fern over his shoulder!”

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden

Look; the water is full six feet up the trunks of the trees; over the grass and the king fern, and the tall purple loose-strife— Oh! 

From Madam How and Lady Why by Kingsley, Charles

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