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Definition of Sword fern
1. Noun. Any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed.
Group relationships: Genus Nephrolepis, Nephrolepis
Specialized synonyms: Boston Fern, Nephrolepis Exaltata, Nephrolepis Exaltata Bostoniensis, Basket Fern, Nephrolepis Pectinata, Toothed Sword Fern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sword Fern
Literary usage of Sword fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"The distinguishing feature of the "sword" fern is that each leaf is composed of
many individual leaflets, each having a lobe at the base of the stem, ..."
2. The Land of Sunshine by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1896)
"As the name sword fern is apt because of the sword- like pinnules, so also the
name Christmas fern is appropriate. While most of the other fern fronds are ..."
3. First Course in Biology by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Walter Moore Coleman (1908)
"The Boston fern, Washington fern, Pierson fern, and others, are horticultural
forms of the common sword fern. In some ferns (Fig. ..."
4. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1896)
"The sword fern. — A little difference in the shape of the indu- ... the name of
another family, that of the sword fern, the commonest fern of the household. ..."
5. House Plants and how to Grow Them by Parker Thayer Barnes (1909)
"With all the other ferns if the soil once becomes dry the plant is ruined for
the season at least, if not absolutely killed; but should your sword fern be ..."
6. Beginners' Botany by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1909)
"The Boston fern, Washington fern, Pierson fern, and others, are horticultural
forms of the common sword fern. In some ferns (Fig. ..."
7. Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast: A Guide-book for Scientific by Pacific Coast Committee (1915)
"These, however, are exceedingly luxuriant. In the densest shade the ground is
covered with mosses and ferns, of which a sword fern (Poly- ..."
8. Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast: A Guide-book for Scientific by Pacific Coast Committee, Betty Hoag McGlynn (1915)
"These, however, are exceedingly luxuriant. In the densest shade the ground is
covered with mosses and ferns, of which a sword fern (Polg- ..."
9. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"The distinguishing feature of the "sword" fern is that each leaf is composed of
many individual leaflets, each having a lobe at the base of the stem, ..."
10. The Land of Sunshine by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1896)
"As the name sword fern is apt because of the sword- like pinnules, so also the
name Christmas fern is appropriate. While most of the other fern fronds are ..."
11. First Course in Biology by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Walter Moore Coleman (1908)
"The Boston fern, Washington fern, Pierson fern, and others, are horticultural
forms of the common sword fern. In some ferns (Fig. ..."
12. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1896)
"The sword fern. — A little difference in the shape of the indu- ... the name of
another family, that of the sword fern, the commonest fern of the household. ..."
13. House Plants and how to Grow Them by Parker Thayer Barnes (1909)
"With all the other ferns if the soil once becomes dry the plant is ruined for
the season at least, if not absolutely killed; but should your sword fern be ..."
14. Beginners' Botany by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1909)
"The Boston fern, Washington fern, Pierson fern, and others, are horticultural
forms of the common sword fern. In some ferns (Fig. ..."
15. Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast: A Guide-book for Scientific by Pacific Coast Committee (1915)
"These, however, are exceedingly luxuriant. In the densest shade the ground is
covered with mosses and ferns, of which a sword fern (Poly- ..."
16. Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast: A Guide-book for Scientific by Pacific Coast Committee, Betty Hoag McGlynn (1915)
"These, however, are exceedingly luxuriant. In the densest shade the ground is
covered with mosses and ferns, of which a sword fern (Polg- ..."
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