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Definition of Silver tree fern
1. Noun. A showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides.
Generic synonyms: Tree Fern
Group relationships: Cyathea, Genus Cyathea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silver Tree Fern
Literary usage of Silver tree fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook for Travellers in New Zealand: Auckland, the Hot Lake District by John Murray (Firm), F. W. Pennefather (1893)
"... occasionally even more, terminating in a crown of ample, often graceful, fronds
of varied hues. Remarkable among these is the ' Silver Tree-fern,' ..."
2. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"This very handsome Fern, C: dealbata, known in N. Zealand as the Silver Tree-fern,
has a slender, almost black stem, 4 to 8 ft. high, ending in a fine crown ..."
3. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1900)
"... known in N. Zealand as the Silver Tree-fern, has a slender, almost black stem,
4 to 8 ft. high, ending in a fine crown of fronds, dark-green above and ..."
4. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"—This very handsome Fern, known in Cyathea dealbata (Silver Tree-fern). I N.
Zealand as the Silver Tree-fern, has a slender, almost black stem, ..."
5. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"—This very handsome Fern, known in N. Zealand as the Silver Tree-fern, has a
slender, almost black stem, 4 to 8 ft. high, ending in a fine crown of fronds, ..."
6. The King Country, Or, Explorations in New Zealand: Or, Explorations in New by James Henry Kerry-. Nicholls (1884)
"The "silver-tree fern;" growth, 10 to 20 feet; trunk slender and black; fronds
lanceolate, 8 to 12 feet long, dark green above, silvery white below. ..."
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