Definition of Botrychium lunaria

1. Noun. Of America and Eurasia and Australia.

Exact synonyms: Common Moonwort, Moonwort
Generic synonyms: Grape Fern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Botrychium Lunaria

Botham
Bothidae
Bothnian Bay
Bothnian Sea
Bothriocephalus
Bothriocephalus cordatus
Bothriocephalus latus
Bothriocephalus mansoni
Bothriocephalus mansonoides
Bothrops antitoxin
Bothrops atrops
Botocudo
Botocudos
Botox
Botrychium
Botrychium lunaria (current term)
Botrychium matricariifolium
Botrychium multifidum
Botrychium virginianum
Botryomyces
Botswana
Botswana monetary unit
Botswanan
Botswanans
Bottcher's canal
Bottcher's cells
Bottcher's crystals
Bottcher's ganglion
Bottcher's space
Botticelli

Literary usage of Botrychium lunaria

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

1. The Eusporangiatae: The Comparative Morphology of the Ophioglossaceae and by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1911)
"The contrast between this highly developed cotyledon and the very rudimentary one in Botrychium lunaria, where the young sporophyte passes several years ..."

2. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany. edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1848)
"Localities for Botrychium lunaria, and Inquiry respecting Sedum ... of the ' Phytologist' a new locality for Botrychium lunaria in Leicestershire is given, ..."

3. Where to Find Ferns: With a Special Chapter on the Ferns Round London by Francis George Heath (1885)
"Botrychium lunaria. (Plate XI., Fig. 2, page 69.) LENGTH OF FROND.—Two to ten inches. GENERAL DESCRIPTION.—Roots few in number, thick, and fleshy. ..."

4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Type species : Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. Buds of the following season wholly concealed ... Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. Moonwort. M oon-fern. Fig. 5. ..."

5. Lakes and rivers by Charles Ottley Groom Napier (1879)
"... {Botrychium lunaria). Few pursuits are more pleasing than to sit upon a river's bank and watch the varied animal and ..."

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