Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
floating-fern . SeeCeratopteris . - noun A fern of the genus Osmunda; specifically, O. regalis.
- noun A plant of the order Marsileaceæ.
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Examples
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It deepens and broadens, and ahead is always a clearer pool, a more shadowy rock, a softer water-fern.
The Wind Bloweth Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne 1908
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Waiting for the post-chaise, Mrs. Halifax and the boys sat down on the bridge over the defunct and silenced water-fall, on the muddy steps of which, where the stream used to dash musically over, weeds and long grasses, mingled with the drooping water-fern, were already beginning to grow.
John Halifax, Gentleman Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1856
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