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
Plant biologists report that a species of tree fern found only in Panama reanimates its own dead leaf fronds, converting them into root structures that feed the mother plant.
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
The Sixth Avenue sphere holds an Old World garden, which draws primarily from Africa and Southeast Asia, including an Australian tree fern, the first plant to arrive when it was set down in May 2017.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2018
He released my foot, whirled, cavorted, and, as I seized a tree fern on the bank, went heels over head over the cliff.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien
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