Definition of Cystopteris fragilis

1. Noun. Delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems.

Exact synonyms: Brittle Bladder Fern, Brittle Fern, Fragile Fern
Generic synonyms: Bladder Fern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cystopteris Fragilis

Cyrus II
Cyrus McCormick
Cyrus the Elder
Cyrus the Great
Cyrus the Younger
Cys
Cysticercus bovis
Cysticercus cellulosae
Cysticercus fasciolaris
Cysticercus pisiformis
Cysticercus tenuicollis
Cystophora
Cystophora cristata
Cystopteris
Cystopteris bulbifera
Cystopteris fragilis (current term)
Cystopteris montana
Cyt
Cytauxzoon
Cytauxzoon felis
Cytesis proliferus
Cytherea
Cytherean
Cytisus
Cytisus albus
Cytisus multiflorus
Cytisus ramentaceus
Cytisus scoparius
Cyzican
Cyzicans

Literary usage of Cystopteris fragilis

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

1. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. Brittle Fern. Woods and river banks. ... Cystopteris fragilis dentata Hook. Keweenaw Co., and Ypsilanti, OA Farwell. 32. ..."

2. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1896)
"The most common fern in Wyandotte county is Cystopteris fragilis, or dainty fern ... This.fern is well named Cystopteris fragilis, as it is very delicate in ..."

3. A History of British Ferns by Edward Newman (1854)
"Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh. 1379, b. Cystopteris dentata, Hook. ... 77): but he gives only two species of Cystopteris, fragilis and montana; thus appearing ..."

4. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1896)
"The most common fern in Wyandotte county is Cystopteris fragilis, or dainty fern ... This fern is well named Cystopteris fragilis, as it is very delicate in ..."

5. The British Ferns: Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions, with the Needful ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1861)
"CYSTOPTERIS fragilis; caudex creeping, elongated, ... CYSTOPTERIS fragilis. Bernh. N. Journ. Bot. v. 1. part 2. p. 27. t. 2. /. 9. Hook. and Arn. Brit. ..."

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