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Definition of Massachusetts fern
1. Noun. Delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris.
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Genus Parathelypteris, Parathelypteris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Massachusetts Fern
| Masovians Masqat Masr |
Literary usage of Massachusetts fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Know the Ferns: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of Our by Frances Theodora Parsons (1899)
"From the massachusetts fern it may be distinguished by its simple veins, the less
revolute margins of the fertile frond, and by its thicker texture and ..."
2. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"1. OPHIOGLOSSUM VULGATUM. Fern Bull. iv. 60-61, fig. 1896. 2. LYCOPODIUM ALOPECUROIDES
IN MASSACHUSETTS. Fern Bull. v. 3-5. 1897. 3. ..."
3. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"... his discovery of the massachusetts fern and the hybrid between the crested
and marginal ferns.—FC Anderson. 354. DRESEL, KURT. ..."
4. Bulletin (1910)
"massachusetts fern. Wet woods and cedar swamps. Rare over most of the state:
Salisbury (Mrs. CS Phelps), Oxford (Harger), Southington (Bissell), ..."
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