Lexic.us

Definition of Silvery spleenwort

1. Noun. Fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores.

2. Noun. North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silvery Spleenwort

silverwares silverweed silverweeds silverwork silverworker silverworks silvery silvery-cheeked antshrike silvery gibbon silvery gibbons

silvery marmoset silvery marmosets silvery pomfret silvery pomfrets silvery sedge silvery spleenwort (current term) silvery wormwood silvex silvexes silvialite

silvical silvicolous silvics silvicultural silviculturally silviculture silvicultures silviculturist silviculturists silvol

Literary usage of Silvery spleenwort

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

1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1905)
"Back a little way from the brook stood a clump of the silvery spleenwort ... Both the silvery spleenwort and the Clinton's fern were new to me at that time ..."

2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1906)
"Back a little way from the brook stood a clump of the silvery spleenwort ... Both the silvery spleenwort and the Clinton's fern were new to me at that time ..."

3. How to Know the Ferns: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of Our by Frances Theodora Parsons (1899)
"Hours speed as thoughts rise, without any concern, And float like the spray gliding past the green Fern." 25. silvery spleenwort Asplenium ..."

4. Our Ferns in Their Haunts: A Guide to All the Native Species by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"It is now generally thought to be a distinct species. Tbe silvery spleenwort. The best place to look for the silvery spleenwort (Athyrium ..."

5. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"... VM Spalding, CF Wheeler; Norway on the northeast exposure of quartz rock, CF Wheeler. Rare. ASPLENIUM L. *55. A. acrostichoides Sw. silvery spleenwort. ..."

6. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1905)
"Back a little way from the brook stood a clump of the silvery spleenwort ... Both the silvery spleenwort and the Clinton's fern were new to me at that time ..."

7. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1906)
"Back a little way from the brook stood a clump of the silvery spleenwort ... Both the silvery spleenwort and the Clinton's fern were new to me at that time ..."

8. How to Know the Ferns: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of Our by Frances Theodora Parsons (1899)
"Hours speed as thoughts rise, without any concern, And float like the spray gliding past the green Fern." 25. silvery spleenwort Asplenium ..."

9. Our Ferns in Their Haunts: A Guide to All the Native Species by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"It is now generally thought to be a distinct species. Tbe silvery spleenwort. The best place to look for the silvery spleenwort (Athyrium ..."

10. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"... VM Spalding, CF Wheeler; Norway on the northeast exposure of quartz rock, CF Wheeler. Rare. ASPLENIUM L. *55. A. acrostichoides Sw. silvery spleenwort. ..."

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