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Definition of Golden fern

1. Noun. Tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides.

2. Noun. Stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Golden Fern

golden calf golden calla golden chain golden chinkapin golden clematis golden club golden crown beard golden crownbeard golden cup golden duck

golden eagle golden eagles golden everlasting golden fairy lantern golden fern (current term) golden fig golden fruit dove golden girl golden girls golden glow

golden goal golden goals golden goose golden gram golden groundsel golden hamster golden hamsters golden handcuffs golden handshake

Literary usage of Golden fern

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

1. Crags and Craters: Ramblers in the Island of Réunion by William Dudley Oliver (1896)
"... Coteau Maigre—golden fern—The Plaine des Cafres—Monument on the Plaine des Ecm- parts—Wonderful view—The Plaine des Sables—Arrival at the Pas de ..."

2. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"... like the golden fern-seed, be an emanation of the sun's fire ? The question cannot be answered with a simple affirmative. ..."

3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1864)
"The prettiest are : lanuginosa, trichomanoides, nivea, (silver fern,) flavens or chrysophylla, (golden fern,) and ..."

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