tree fern
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tree fern
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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The most similar modern counterpart might be Dicksonia antarctica, a type of tree fern native to Australasia, but popular in Britain as an ornamental plant.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024
The slow growth also means that the tree fern is short enough that when its fronds die, they droop all the way to the ground.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
Now the first full tree fern genome has been successfully sequenced—that of the flying spider-monkey tree fern—hinting at how these peculiar plants accrued such a massive set of genes.
From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2022
An 11-foot Australian tree fern was planted Thursday in Amazon’s Spheres — the landmark glass and steel domes at the heart of the e-commerce giant’s downtown Seattle campus.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2017
The stout rootstocks are often erect, rising several inches to a foot above the ground, as if in imitation of a tree fern.
From The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada by Tilton, George Henry
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