Definition of Kidney fern

1. Noun. Large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds.

Exact synonyms: Trichomanes Reniforme
Generic synonyms: Bristle Fern, Filmy Fern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kidney Fern

kidney: urographic patterns
kidney basin
kidney bean
kidney beans
kidney begonia
kidney calculi
kidney calices
kidney concentrating ability
kidney corpuscle
kidney corpuscles
kidney cortex
kidney cortex necrosis
kidney dialysis
kidney disease
kidney failure
kidney fern (current term)
kidney glomerulus
kidney medulla
kidney neoplasms
kidney ore
kidney papillary necrosis
kidney pelvis
kidney pie
kidney plasminogen activator
kidney profile
kidney stone
kidney stones
kidney transplantation
kidney tumour
kidney vetch

Literary usage of Kidney fern

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

1. The Ferns and Fern Allies of New Zealand: With Instructions for Their by George Malcolm Thomson (1882)
"Suppose we are collecting ferns in the damp forest of one of our West Coast sounds, we find the ground covered with a luxuriant -growth of kidney-fern ..."

2. Oceana, Or, England and Her Colonies by James Anthony Froude (1887)
"... striking spirally from the stem, and stretching upwards in easy arches; on the ground, besides the common varieties, a kidney fern, which was new to ..."

3. A Handbook for Travellers in New Zealand: Auckland, the Hot Lake District by John Murray (Firm), F. W. Pennefather (1893)
"kidney fern. — rigidum. — rigidum, var. &, — venosum. For the Flora of NZ see the books mentioned on p. [64] and for fuller information concerning the ..."

4. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"... which cover with luxuriant growth the trunks of the forest trees ; the singular form of the Kidney-fern (Trichomanes reniforme), the round, ..."

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