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Definition of Boulder fern

1. Noun. Fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boulder Fern

Literary usage of Boulder fern

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

1. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"When lo! the indusium proved to be a little cup, borne at the base of the tooth of the pinnule, exactly like that of our boulder fern, which is also a ..."

2. The Linnean Fern Bulletin by Linnaean Fern Chapter, Willard Nelson Clute (1893)
"It might also be well-named the "boulder fern," from the way it delights to spring up about the rocks on the barren mountain sides. ..."

3. The Natural History of the Toronto Region, Ontario, Canada by Canadian Institute (1849-1914), J H Faull (1913)
"... for example, have been found to attain a height of six or seven feet, and in one locality in the eastern part of the province the boulder fern, ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Sometimes called hay-scented fern, and boulder fern. Likes light porous soil and semi- shaded places. Variable. вв. Lvs. of st. cut into 3 distinct Ifts. ..."

5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Alabama and Missouri. Ascends to 5600 ft. in Virginia. Aug. Called also Fine-haired-fern, Hairy dicksonia, Boulder-fern. J-* \ 2 5. FILIX Adans. Fam. ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"Common names or, if you please, vernacular names, are still being coined—Christmas fern, foam flower, boulder fern, Darwin tulip, and obedient plant are ..."

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