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Definition of Nephrolepis exaltata
1. Noun. A sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds; a popular houseplant.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephrolepis Exaltata
Literary usage of Nephrolepis exaltata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"... the widespread commercial varieties nephrolepis exaltata, cordata compacta,
... is limited to the Boston fern, botanically known as nephrolepis exaltata ..."
2. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"In at least many species, as I have satisfied myself is the case in Nephrolepis
exaltata, it is possible to recognize the limits of the several yearly ..."
3. Greenhouse Management: A Manual for Florists and Flower Lovers on the by Levi Rawson Taft (1898)
"BOSTON FERN (nephrolepis exaltata ... Ferns, as a rule, do not thrive as house
plants, but for this purpose, the sword fern (nephrolepis exaltata) ..."
4. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1902)
"Still another sport of nephrolepis exaltata was shown at the Chrysanthemum Show
by John Scott, Brooklyn, NY, and named by him nephrolepis exaltata ..."
5. Gardening in California: A Brief Treatise on the Best Methods of Cultivating by William Scrugham Lyon (1904)
"They are two of our strong growing, native brakes; Pteris Aquilina and Woodwardia
Radicans and the exotic sword fern nephrolepis exaltata. ..."
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