Lexic.us

Definition of Black tree fern

1. Noun. A showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Tree Fern

Literary usage of Black tree fern

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

1. A Handbook for Travellers in New Zealand: Auckland, the Hot Lake District by John Murray (Firm), F. W. Pennefather (1893)
"It is a favourite fern of the Maoris, who prefer its fronds to ail others for bedding. In contrast to this is the ' Black Tree-fern,' ..."

2. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1896)
"Would that I had space to detain you while I could launch out on our ferns, from the black-tree fern thirty to sixty feet high to the filmy fern and the ..."

3. Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses by Arthur Herbert Church (1893)
"... junks, one foot long, of the mucilaginous pith of the great black tree-fern, Cyathea medullaris. These were soft and sweet when boiled or baked. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute by Royal Commonwealth Society (1899)
"Would that I had space to detain you while I could launch out on our ferns, from the black-tree fern thirty to sixty feet high to the filmy fern and the ..."

5. A Handbook for Travellers in New Zealand: Auckland, the Hot Lake District by John Murray (Firm), F. W. Pennefather (1893)
"It is a favourite fern of the Maoris, who prefer its fronds to ail others for bedding. In contrast to this is the ' Black Tree-fern,' ..."

6. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1896)
"Would that I had space to detain you while I could launch out on our ferns, from the black-tree fern thirty to sixty feet high to the filmy fern and the ..."

7. Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses by Arthur Herbert Church (1893)
"... junks, one foot long, of the mucilaginous pith of the great black tree-fern, Cyathea medullaris. These were soft and sweet when boiled or baked. ..."

8. Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute by Royal Commonwealth Society (1899)
"Would that I had space to detain you while I could launch out on our ferns, from the black-tree fern thirty to sixty feet high to the filmy fern and the ..."

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