Definition of Flower-cup fern

1. Noun. Slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori.

Exact synonyms: Alpine Woodsia, Northern Woodsia, Woodsia Alpina
Generic synonyms: Woodsia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flower-cup Fern

flow variable
flow variables
flow void
flowable
flowage
flowages
flowcell
flowcells
flowchart
flowcharting
flowchartings
flowcharts
flowed
flowen
flower-cup fern (current term)
flower-de-luce
flower-fence
flower-fences
flower-flies
flower-fly
flower-gentle
flower-gentles
flower-of-an-hour
flower-petal
flower-petals
flower-spray ending
flower-spray organ of Ruffini
flower-sweet
flower/er

Literary usage of Flower-cup fern

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

1. C.E. Hobbs' Botanical Hand-book: Of Common Local, English, Botanical and by Charles E. Hobbs (1876)
"Canella bark, see Canella alba. American wistaria, Fl. orn. Chinese wistaria, (Glycine), Fl. orn. Flower cup fern. ..."

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