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Definition of Crape fern

1. Noun. New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea.

Literary usage of Crape fern

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

1. The Ferns and Fern Allies of New Zealand: With Instructions for Their by George Malcolm Thomson (1882)
"This remark is -even more applicable to the next species. 3. T. superba, Colenso. (Crape-fern.) Rhizome erect, woody, 12-18 in. high, crowned by the tufted ..."

2. Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water: The Journal of a Tour Through the by Ethel Gwendoline Moffatt Vincent (1886)
"Nestling under their broad shadows are every other species of fern; the beautiful crape fern, so called from the crisp double texture of the fronds, ..."

3. A Handbook for Travellers in New Zealand: Auckland, the Hot Lake District by John Murray (Firm), F. W. Pennefather (1893)
"Todea superba, the ' crape fern,' peculiar to New Zealand and the adjacent islands, and one of the most lovely members of the family, having finely ..."

4. Dunedin and Its Neighbourhood: A Short Account of Its History, Biology, and by Alexander Bathgate (1904)
"... known respectively as the- Single and the Double Crape-fern. Both are beautiful delicate ferns, so thin and filmy in their texture that they will . not ..."

5. The Ferns and Fern Allies of New Zealand: With Instructions for Their by George Malcolm Thomson (1882)
"This remark is -even more applicable to the next species. 3. T. superba, Colenso. (Crape-fern.) Rhizome erect, woody, 12-18 in. high, crowned by the tufted ..."

6. Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water: The Journal of a Tour Through the by Ethel Gwendoline Moffatt Vincent (1886)
"Nestling under their broad shadows are every other species of fern; the beautiful crape fern, so called from the crisp double texture of the fronds, ..."

7. A Handbook for Travellers in New Zealand: Auckland, the Hot Lake District by John Murray (Firm), F. W. Pennefather (1893)
"Todea superba, the ' crape fern,' peculiar to New Zealand and the adjacent islands, and one of the most lovely members of the family, having finely ..."

8. Dunedin and Its Neighbourhood: A Short Account of Its History, Biology, and by Alexander Bathgate (1904)
"... known respectively as the- Single and the Double Crape-fern. Both are beautiful delicate ferns, so thin and filmy in their texture that they will . not ..."

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