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Definition of Blechnum
1. Noun. In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns.
Exact synonyms: Genus Blechnum
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Blechnaceae, Family Blechnaceae
Member holonyms: Hard Fern
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Blechnaceae, Family Blechnaceae
Member holonyms: Hard Fern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blechnum
Literary usage of Blechnum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"... Equisetum, Botrychium, Blechnum brasiliense, and Cyathea medullaris, tetrarch
in Equisetum, the Blechnum above mentioned, and Cyathea. ..."
2. On Molecular and Microscopic Science by Mary Somerville (1869)
"... in the very margin of the frond, in a more or less sunken furrow, there being
no indusium. The Blechnum Spicant, which may be taken as a type of the ..."
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