Definition of Blechnum

1. Noun. In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns.

Exact synonyms: Genus Blechnum
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Blechnaceae, Family Blechnaceae
Member holonyms: Hard Fern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blechnum

Blastoconidium
Blastodiaceae
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Blatin's syndrome
Blatta
Blatta orientalis
Blattaria
Blattella
Blattella germanica
Blattidae
Blattodea
Blavatskian
Blavatskyan
Blaí Briugu
Blechnaceae
Blechnum
Blechnum spicant
Blender
Blenheim
Blenheim spaniel
Blenniidae
Blennioidea
Blennius
Blennius pholis
Blephilia
Blephilia celiata
Blephilia hirsuta
Bleriot
Blessed
Blessed Trinity

Literary usage of Blechnum

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

1. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"... Equisetum, Botrychium, blechnum brasiliense, and Cyathea medullaris, tetrarch in Equisetum, the blechnum above mentioned, and Cyathea. ..."

2. On Molecular and Microscopic Science by Mary Somerville (1869)
"... in the very margin of the frond, in a more or less sunken furrow, there being no indusium. The blechnum Spicant, which may be taken as a type of the ..."

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