Lexic.us

Definition of Tectaria

1. Noun. Terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tectaria

Literary usage of Tectaria

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

1. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"A REVISION OF tectaria WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO THE PHILIPPINE SPECIES. By EDWIN BINGHAM COPELAND. (From the Bureau of Education, Manila, PI) tectaria ..."

2. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"It can be called tectaria crenata Cav., but the sterile frond has the peculiar mottling of ... We certainly have good ground for the belief that tectaria ..."

3. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"It can be called tectaria crenata Cav., but the sterile frond has the peculiar ... We certainly have good ground for the belief that tectaria crenata and ..."

4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1879)
"That the species known to some authors as tectaria ... of many of the denned characters of tectaria. ..."

5. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"We certainly have good ground for the belief that tectaria crenata and ... had a not very remote common ancestry with both these species of tectaria. ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"A generic name for a group of tropical ferns here referred to tectaria, from which there is no valid distinction. ..."

7. A Manual of the Mollusca: A Treatise on Recent and Fossil Shells by Samuel Peckworth Woodward (1868)
"The strictly littoral species vary on each great line of coast : for example, Littorina intermedia and tectaria ..."

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