Lexic.us

Definition of Ribbon fern

1. Noun. Fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands.

2. Noun. Epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America.

3. Noun. Epiphytic fern with straplike usually twisted fronds of tropical Asia and Polynesia and America.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribbon Fern

ribbing ribbings ribbit ribbited ribbiting ribbits ribbitted ribbitting ribbok ribboks

ribbon ribbon-leaved water plantain ribbon development ribbon fern (current term) ribbon representation ribbon seal ribbon seals ribbon snake ribbon synapse ribbon tree

ribbon worm ribboned ribbonfish ribbonfishes ribboning ribbonless ribbonlike

Literary usage of Ribbon fern

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

1. American Gardening (1895)
"Several members of this family are also suited to our purpose, among the best being the Spider fern or ribbon fern, as it is variously called (Pteris ..."

2. The Book of Fern Culture by Alfred Hemsley (1908)
"Pteris serrulata (the ribbon fern) is another one, and of this we have a great many varieties. The crested forms are not so popular as they were formerly, ..."

3. The Living Cycads by Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1919)
"... the "tassel fern," with tassel-like clusters of cones, and Ophioglossum pendulum, the "ribbon fern," were the most interesting features of the epiphytic ..."

4. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1861)
"... which is less strikingly dissimilar in form from sorts already cultivated; and the beautiful white ribbon fern, ..."

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