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Definition of Hay-scented fern
1. Noun. Fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay.
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Dennstaedtia, Genus Dennstaedtia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hay-scented Fern
Literary usage of Hay-scented fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Ferns in Their Haunts: A Guide to All the Native Species by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"All but the last have reference to the delicate structure and handsome cutting
of the fronds. To call this the hay-scented fern is certainly to " damn with ..."
2. The fern paradise: a plea for the culture of ferns by Francis George Heath (1878)
"We remember with pleasure an excursion which we took from Totnes, in search of
the hay-scented fern, under the guidance of Charles Hillman, of Torquay, ..."
3. Sweet-scented Flowers and Fragrant Leaves: Interesting Associations Gathered by Donald McDonald (1895)
"... (The hay-scented fern) is a graceful evergreen variety, also with a wide
distribution throughout Britain; the fronds are powerfully scented like new hay ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1909)
"... sheep- laurel, black alder, rhodora, mountain holly, together with such ferns
as cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea), hay scented fern (Dicksonia ..."
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