Definition of Olfersia

1. Noun. Genus of fern having only one species.

Exact synonyms: Genus Olfersia
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Family Athyriaceae, Family Dryopteridaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Olfersia

Oldsmobile
Olduvai Gorge
Olea cunninghamii
Olea europaea
Olea lanceolata
Oleaceae
Oleales
Oleandra
Oleandra mollis
Oleandra neriiformis
Oleandraceae
Olearia
Olearia argophylla
Olearia haastii
Olene
Olfersia
Olfersia cervina
Olga
Olga Korbut
Oligocene
Oligocene epoch
Oligoplites
Oligoporus
Oligoporus leucospongia
Olimbos
Olive
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Hardy

Literary usage of Olfersia

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"In the wings there are six costal veins. There are numerous species, all of which are bird-parasites. olfersia americana lives on the owl and other birds. ..."

2. Species Filicum: Being Descriptions of the Known Ferns, Particularly of Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1864)
"olfersia. —• Fronds dimorphous, simple or pinnate. ... olfersia, Kze. Bot. Zeit,. 1842. \.p. 312. Hook. and Grev. le. Fil. t. 81. Hook. FU. Exot. t. 43. ..."

3. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"olfersia Americana. (After Packard.) Very little is known of the intimate ... One of the commonest of our North American species is olfersia americana which ..."

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