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Definition of Staghorn fern
1. Noun. Any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag.
Group relationships: Genus Platycerium, Platycerium
Specialized synonyms: Platycerium Andinum, South American Staghorn, Common Staghorn Fern, Elkhorn Fern, Platycerium Alcicorne, Platycerium Bifurcatum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staghorn Fern
Literary usage of Staghorn fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1861)
"... or staghorn fern, and fifty other ferns, all well grown neat specimens of the
several kinds. It is gratifying to see this beautiful class of plants ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... the hart's-tongue fern with broadly lanceolate-oblong, entire frond; the
epiphytic staghorn fern with erect, forked, fertile fronds and orbicular entire ..."
3. Pamphlets on Forestry in Hawaii (1919)
"This problem is the very undesirable encroachment of the staghorn fern or ...
Therefore, the staghorn fern must be eliminated. ..."
4. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"Also growing as a parasite on tree trunks is the singular and picturesque staghorn
fern—Platycerium. This is a familiar object in most tropical " ferneries ..."
5. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"Also growing as a parasite on tree trunks is the singular and picturesque staghorn
fern—Platycerium. This is a familiar object in most tropical " ferneries ..."
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