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Definition of Gold fern
1. Noun. Fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides.
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Genus Pityrogramma, Pityrogramma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gold Fern
Literary usage of Gold fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The best gold fern is U. ... The gold fern shown on Plate XI, which was considered
one of the finest specimens of ..."
2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"... 39-43) ; [Correction] Ie (70). Pteridophyta collected in Dade county, Florida,
during November and December, 1903. Ie (45-48). The California gold fern. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"Eaton, " The California gold fern"; Clute, "A New Form of the Christmas Fern";
Eaton, "Is Asplenium ..."