Definition of Rattlesnake fern

1. Noun. American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle.

Exact synonyms: Botrychium Virginianum
Generic synonyms: Grape Fern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattlesnake Fern

rattled
rattlehead
rattleheaded
rattleheads
rattlemice
rattlemouse
rattlepate
rattlepated
rattlepates
rattler
rattlers
rattles
rattlesnake's master
rattlesnake bite
rattlesnake fern (current term)
rattlesnake master
rattlesnake orchid
rattlesnake plantain
rattlesnake root
rattlesnake weed
rattlesnakes
rattletrap
rattletraps
rattleweed
rattleweeds
rattlewings
rattlewort
rattlier
rattliest

Literary usage of Rattlesnake 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)
"On our rambles through the woods we are more likely to encounter the Rattlesnake Fern than any other member of the Botrychium group. ..."

2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"It is called rattlesnake fern from the fact of its growing ill places where this venomous reptile is usually found. The other species of Botrychium are ..."

3. Ferns of the Dells of the Wisconsin Riverby Ruth Marshall by Ruth Marshall (1910)
"The common name, rattlesnake fern, probably originated in in the fancied resemblance of its stems of sporangia to the rattles of the snake. ..."

4. C.E. Hobbs' Botanical Hand-book: Of Common Local, English, Botanical and by Charles E. Hobbs (1876)
"... Indian olibanum, Arabian frankincense, Black cohosh, tt tt rattlesnake fern ... Moonwort, rattlesnake fern, Mexican tea, tt tt Oak of Jerusalem, ..."

5. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"PM — To rattlesnake fern Swamp. I hear before I start the distant mutterings of thunder in the northwest, ... rattlesnake fern just done. I make haste home, ..."

6. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1895)
"Goldie's Fern. Shady woods ; not frequent. A. angustifolium Michx. Bank of Missouri ; several places. Asplenium, Spleenwort. Botrychium, rattlesnake fern ..."

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