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Definition of King fern
1. Noun. Fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa.
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Genus Todea, Todea
2. Noun. Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds.
Generic synonyms: Flowering Fern, Osmund
Lexicographical Neighbors of King Fern
Literary usage of King fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Town Geology by Charles Kingsley (1873)
"In Hampshire, in Devon, and Cornwall, and in the south-west of Ireland, the
King-fern too is a true swamp fern. But in the Tropics I have seen more than ..."
2. Scientific Lectures and Essays by Charles Kingsley (1893)
"In Hampshire, in Devon, and Cornwall, and in the southwest of Ireland, the
King-fern too is a true swamp fern. But in the Tropics I have seen more than once ..."
3. Round the Calendar in Portugal by Oswald Crawfurd (1890)
"Where hemp-seed grows no evil weed can grow: No cockle, darnel, henbane, tare or
nettle Near where it is can prosper, grow or settle." Round the king-fern, ..."
4. Otto's French Conversation Grammar by Emil Otto (1870)
"Le roi, the king. Fern. La reine, the queen. le père, the father. la mère, ...
Un roi, a king. Fern. Une reine, a queen. un père, a father. une mère, ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"Well adapted for open, moist places. 1596. Royal Fern—Osmunda cinnamomea. Eu., N.
Amer, and Japan. —Commonly called Flowering Fern or King-fern. ..."
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