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Definition of Scale fern
1. Noun. Small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds.
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Asplenium, Genus Asplenium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scale Fern
Literary usage of Scale fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The fern paradise: a plea for the culture of ferns by Francis George Heath (1878)
"What constitutes the peculiar elegance of the scale fern is the contrast presented
by the two sides of the frond. Its upper surface is of a rich ..."
2. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"scale fern. Polypodiaceae. Old Greek name, of eastern origin. ... Milt-waste,
scale fern, Scaly Fern, Ceterach. Fronds demulcent. 442. CETRARIA. ..."
3. Ferns: British and Exotic by Edward Joseph Lowe (1868)
"THE common scale fern is a beautiful, dwarf, indigenous, local species, which
flourishes well in a hardy Fernery. ..."
4. A New Flora of the Neighbourhood of Reigate, Surrey: Containing the by James Alexander Brewer (1856)
"Scale-fern. C. officinarum, Willd. Common Scale-fern. July —October. On a wall
right hand of the lane leading from Mickleham to Headley. ..."
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