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Definition of Fernlike
1. Adjective. Resembling ferns especially in leaf shape. "The ferny shadows of locust leaves"
Definition of Fernlike
1. Adjective. Resembling a fern. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fernlike
1. fern [adj] - See also: fern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fernlike
Literary usage of Fernlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"The shale overlying coal beds is often full of the fronds of fernlike ... It was
formerly thought that these fernlike leaves were the remains of ferns, ..."
2. Weeds of the North Central States edited by Lloyd M. Wax, Richard S. Fawcett, Duane Isely (1999)
"Leaves fernlike, dissected into ultimate segments often no more than 1/16 inch (1.5
... Leaves not fernlike, the segments Vi to 1/2 inch (6 to 13 mm) wide. ..."
3. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"The Coal-measure, deposits are notable for the remains of fernlike plants, ...
The first expressed doubt (1883) that these fernlike plants were all ferns ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"Of much greater importance than the sterile fernlike fronds, which cannot be
assigned with confidence to a definite position, are the petrified remains of ..."
5. The Anatomy of Woody Plants by Edward Charles Jeffrey (1917)
"The structure of the leaf in the Cycadales is clear evidence of their relationship
with the ancient fernlike gymnosperms, which in turn were doubtless in ..."
6. The Evolution of Sex in Plants by John Merle Coulter (1914)
"In fact, the luxuriant fernlike vegetation once thought to be a feature of the
Coal Measures has turned out to have been fernlike gymnosperms. ..."
7. Science of Plant Life: A High School Botany Treating of the Plant and Its by Edgar Nelson Transeau (1921)
"In rocks that were formed later than these first fossil-bearing strata, remains
of fernlike plants are found. Later there were seed-bearing fernlike plants ..."
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