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Definition of Limestone fern
1. Noun. Yellow-green fern of rocky areas of northern hemisphere.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limestone Fern
Literary usage of Limestone fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Garden, Its Plan and Culture Together with a General Description of Its by Alfred Smee (1872)
"... beech, and limestone fern, the holly fern, the marsh fern, the hay-scented
fern, the parsley fern, ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"... and grows naturally in Stoken- church Wood.'—E. Syn., ed. iii. 473. limestone fern.
A common book-name for Polypodium calcareum, 8m.—IF. dumb. ..."
3. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1911)
"... (Fern Glen) 525 Brown shale or limestone (Fern Glen) 528 Brownish-gray limestone
934 From the above log and samples it is known that the base of ..."
4. Monograph 1 by Illinois State Geological Survey, Stuart Weller (1914)
"Missouri, and it has been recognized in the Fern Glen fauna. Horizon.—Chouteau
limestone, Fern Glen formation and base of the Burlington limestone. ..."
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