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Definition of Deer fern
1. Noun. Fern with erect fronds of Europe and western North America; often cultivated for deer browse.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deer Fern
Literary usage of Deer fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wharton's Law-lexicon: Forming an Epitome of the Law of England : and by John Jane Smith Wharton, John Mounteney Lely (1892)
"... the winter season for killing deer. Fern. Unlawfully and maliciously setting
fire to growing fern or to a stack of fern is a felony. ..."
2. Our Native Ferns and Their Allies: With Synoptical Descriptions of the by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1888)
"... a wedge), wedge-shaped. Cystopteris, n8;also 4,5, 6, 16, =7, 78. Decurrent (Lat.
de, down, and currere, to run), prolonged on the rachis. Deer-fern. ..."
3. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"... which has the fertile fronds but slightly contracted, and the involucre remote
from the margin. 1. L. Spicant, Desvaux. (DEER-FERN. ..."
4. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"Cattails, deer fern, manzanita, Oregon boxwood, pearly everlasting, and corkscrew
willow are also harvested. In addition, entire trees and plants are ..."
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