Lexic.us

Definition of Adiantum pedatum

1. Noun. Hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adiantum Pedatum

Literary usage of Adiantum pedatum

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

1. Handbook of Plant Dissection by Joseph Charles Arthur, John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes (1893)
"Adiantum pedatum L. PRELIMINARY. THE maiden-hair fern is abundant in dark rich woods throughout the eastern part of the United States, and occurs to a ..."

2. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1873)
"The Adiantum pedatum, for instance, is rare here, but in the Adirondacks he had seen patches of from fifty to a hundred acres in the maple woods. ..."

3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1873)
"Arundinaria macrosperma. Av-ena striata and Smithii. Adiantum pedatum. ... Adiantum pedatum. Adiantum pedatum. Pella'a Stelleri = gracilis. ..."

4. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"It should be diluted with water or oils when applied to the scalp. ADIANTUM. MAIDENHAIR. The whole plant of the Adiantum pedatum, Linné, and Adiantum ..."

5. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1896)
"Adiantum pedatum, maidenhair fern, is perhaps next in abundance to Cystopteris fragilis, though not nearly so common. However, one very frequently finds a ..."

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