Lexic.us

Definition of Coffee fern

1. Noun. Evergreen fern of California and Baja California.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coffee Fern

Literary usage of Coffee fern

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. With the Flowers and Trees in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1914)
"The coffee fern, indeed, where shade is scarce, takes on a reddish hue, as though sunburned. ... The leaflets in the case of the coffee-fern (Pellaea ..."

2. The Land of Sunshine by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1896)
"The coffee fern the numerous cinnamon-colored spores, ... The pinnules of the coffee fern resemble the leaves of the higher flowering plants, and are ovate ..."

3. California Plants in Their Homes: A Botanical Reader for Children by Alice Merritt Davidson (1898)
"The coffee fern, No. 2, Fig. 27, turns back its leaf margins like a neat ... The coffee fern seems to prefer more shaded places, but it is usually able to ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Sometimes known as the coffee fern. viridis, Prantl (P. hastata, Link). Fig. 2853. Lvs. 6-24 in. long, 6-12 in. wide; ultimate divisions ovate or lanceolate ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"Sometimes known as the coffee fern. hastate. Link. Lvs. 6-24 in. long, 6-12 in. wide; ultimate divisions ovate or lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, nearly sessile: ..."

6. Life in the Open: Sport with Rod, Gun, Horse, and Hound in Southern California by Charles Frederick Holder (1906)
"... shield, and chain ferns, cliff brake, the coffee fern beneath some scrub oak, and mimic plantations of maiden-hair, the lace and cotton ferns; ..."

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