Lexic.us

Definition of Leather fern

1. Noun. Stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides.

2. Noun. Widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leather Fern

leastest leasts leastways leastwise leasure leasures leasy leat leather-hard leather-jacket

leather-lunged leather carp leather cheerio leather cheerios leather fern (current term) leather flower leather leaf leather leafs leather lunged leather queen

leather soap leather strip leather working leatherback leatherback turtle leatherbacks leatherbound leathercloth leathercloths

Literary usage of Leather fern

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

1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1896)
"... or leather fern, is found upon the bare limestone or red boulders on eastern or northern bluffs or hillsides. It is usually shaded, but sometimes ..."

2. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1896)
"Pellaea atropurpurea, or leather fern, is found upon the bare limestone or red boulders on eastern or northern bluffs or hillsides. It is usually shaded, ..."

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