Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fern Polypodium Phegopteris.
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Examples
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In some parts a light green maiden-hair fern covered the ground with its beautifully tender foliage, reminding me of shady banks in the north of England, covered with the equally lovely oak-fern.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855
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