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Definition of Floating fern
1. Noun. Pantropical aquatic fern.
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Fern, Water Fern
Group relationships: Ceratopteris, Genus Ceratopteris
2. Noun. Aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums.
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Fern, Water Fern
Group relationships: Ceratopteris, Genus Ceratopteris
3. Noun. Small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe.
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Fern, Water Fern
Group relationships: Azolla, Genus Azolla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floating Fern
Literary usage of Floating fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The little floating fern of Minnesota is interesting from its general habit of
... But when plants like the floating fern or the duckweed develop roots with ..."
2. Our Native Ferns and Their Allies: With Synoptical Descriptions of the by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1888)
"FLOATING-FERN. Sori placed on two or three veins which run down the frond
longitudinally, nearly parallel with both the edge and midrib. ..."
3. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1876)
"It may represent some kind of floating fern, perhaps, rather than a species of
Selaginella. It is, however, closely allied to Selaginella ..."
4. Popular Science News (1902)
"... bark of the trunk and branches of forest trees, covering them with a mantle
of living green. The most curious of all is the floating fern (Ceratopteris ..."
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