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Definition of Resurrection fern
1. Noun. Fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resurrection Fern
Literary usage of Resurrection fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1920)
"5 September-October, 1920 HABITS AND HABITATS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN RESURRECTION
FERN Bv EF ANDREWS This interesting little plant, known to science as ..."
2. Our Ferns in Their Haunts: A Guide to All the Native Species by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"Among its common names are hoary polypody, scaly polypody, tree fern and resurrection
fern. Tree fern is from its habit of growing in the treetops, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"resurrection fern. See FERNS AND FON-AI.1 IFS. RESURRECTION PLANT. See~RosE or
JERICHO. RESURRECTION SISTERS. Sec On- DEIS, RELIGIOUS. ..."
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