brake

→ Japanese: ブレーキ (burēki)

→ Korean: 브레이크 (beureikeu)

→ Portuguese: breque

→ Swahili: breki

→ Thai: เบรก (brèek)

→ Welsh: brêc

Origin uncertain; possibly from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German brake (“nose ring, curb, flax brake”), which according to Watkins is related to sense 4 and from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”).

逼力

bik¹⁻⁶ lik⁶⁻¹

A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.

(engineering) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.

It had been arranged as part of the day’s programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

A few moments later they heard the sound of an engine, and a muddy shooting brake appeared on the road behind them.

1976, Terrance Dicks, chapter 1, in Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster, page 11:

A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.

A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.ᵂ


brake

Apparently a shortened form of bracken. (Compare chick, chicken.)


fern

From Middle English fern, from Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”).
Cognate with West Frisian fear, Dutch varen, German Farn, Lithuanian spar̃nas, Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (par^əna), Ashkun pār, Kamkata-viri por, přor, Prasuni parëg, Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá).

inh

Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.


bracken

en-noun

bracken (usually uncountable, plural brackens)

From Middle English braken, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *brakni (“undergrowth”), related to Proto-Germanic *brekaną and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Cognates include Danish bregne and Swedish bräken (“fern”).

der

(uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.


crosier

From Middle English ; originally referring to the staff bearer, from a merger of Old French words crocier (“bearer of a cross”) and croisier (“one who bears or has to do with a cross”), ultimately from Latin crux (“cross”).

(botany) A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead


silverback

(mammalogy) A mature male gorilla, so named from the silver streaking on its back.

Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma.


whisk fern

Any of various simple vascular plants, of the family Psilotaceae, that have leafless dichotomous stems and produce spores.


adder's tongue

en-noun

adder's tongue (countable and uncountable, plural adder's tongues)

Any of several ferns in the genus Ophioglossum, whose spores are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.

A lily in the genus Erythronium, other common names of which include fawn lily, trout lily and dog's tooth violet.

Asplenium scolopendrium
Asplenium scolopendrium#Translingual

Hart's tongue (fern) (Asplenium scolopendrium, syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium).

(Chester) early-purple orchid, early spring orchis Orchis mascula


polypod

(botany) Any fern of the family Polypodiaceae

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fern of the family Polypodiaceae — see also polypody


polypody

From Anglo-Norman polypodie, from Late Latin polypodium, q.v.

Polypodie and epithyme are, without all exceptions, gentle purgers of melancholy […].

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 2, subsection ii:

If the humour be otherwise choose your Polypody accordingly.

1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 226:

Any of many ferns of the genus Polypodium, especially common polypody.

بَسْبَايَج

any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod


maidenhair fern

maidenhair fern (plural maidenhair ferns)

Hissao looked at the bottle with the polite attention another son might bestow on his mother's favourite maidenhair fern, or on a pear tree […].

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 533:


maidenhair

maidenhair (countable and uncountable, plural maidenhairs)

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Our common Maidenhair does from a number of hard black fibres, send forth a great many blacking shining brittle stalks, hardly a span long [...].

1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 178:

Adiantum capillus-veneris
Adiantum capillus-veneris#Translingual

Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris.


tree fern

Any of many tropical ferns that have tall trunks topped with fronds, of the orders Cyatheales, Marattiales, and Osmundales, especially families Cyatheaceae, Dicksoniaceae, and Metaxyaceae in Cyatheales.


ponga

A medium-sized tree fern endemic to New Zealand, of species Alsophila tricolor (syns .Alsophila dealbata, Cyathea dealbata et al.).


walking fern

Either of two species of fern in the genus Asplenium (Asplenium rhizophyllum or Asplenium sibiricum) that produce new plantlets from the tips of their leaves.


psilotophyte

(botany) Any of the whisk ferns, of order Psilotales.


pterophyte

From ptero- (“wing, feather”) + -phyte (“plant”).

confix

(botany) Any fern (of division Pteridophyta).


wood fern

Many species of ferns in genus Dryopteris.


fiddlehead

The furled fronds of a young fern harvested for food consumption.


Christmas fern

Polystichum acrostichoides
Polystichum acrostichoides#Translingual

An evergreen fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) of eastern North America.


male fern

Dryopteris filix-mas
Dryopteris filix-mas#Translingual

Dryopteris filix-mas, from which is derived a vermifuge preparation.


spleenwort

en-noun

spleenwort (countable and uncountable, plural spleenworts)

From spleen + wort, from their use as a cure for anthrax in livestock. Cf. asplenium.

Any of a number of types of ferns in the genus Asplenium.


barometz

Friedrich Justin Bertuch
Sir Richard Clayton, 1st Baronet

Possibly a corruption of Russian баране́ц (baranéc, “species of club moss (genus Lycopodium)”, from бара́н (barán, “ram (male sheep)”) + -ец (-ec, diminutive suffix)).

refn

From D[emetrius] de La Croix (1791) Richardus Clayton [i.e., Sir Richard Clayton, 1st Baronet], transl., Connubia florum latino carmine demonstrata, Bath, Somerset: Ex. typographia S. Hazard, →OCLC.

From F[riedrich] J[ustin] Bertuch (1806) Bilderbuch für Kinder: enthaltend eine angenehme Sammlung von Thieren, Pflanzen, Blumen, Früchten, Mineralien, Trachten und allerhand andern unterrichtenden Gegenständen aus dem Reiche der Natur, der Künste und Wissenschaften, alle nach den besten Originalen gewählt, gestochen, und mit einer kurzen wissenschaftlichen, und den Verstandes-Kräften eines Kindes angemessenen Erklärung begleitet, Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs, →OCLC.

der

A singular vegetable production met with in the deserts, concerning which various fables have been related, is a kind of fern called the barometz, or Scythian lamb; the latter name being given to it from its woolly body, attached to the ground by a long slender stalk, affording a distant resemblance to a lamb grazing.

1807, J[ohn] Aikin, “Chinese Tatary”, in Geographical Delineations, or A Compendious View of the Natural and Political State of All Parts of the Globe, Philadelphia, Pa.: Printed for F. Nichols, by Kimber, Conrad, & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 256–257:

[page 7] The Tartarian, or Scythian lamb, or borametz, is a plant, of which many miraculous tales are told. Travellers say that it exactly resembles a lamb, and that its pulp is similar to the flesh of lamb; and that it contains blood, &c.; but these accounts require confirmation. [...] [page 8, footnote †] [The plants] appear to be originally the roots or stalks of certain vegetables, probably of the capillary kind, covered with a woolly moss, which, naturally naturally bearing resemblance to the figure of a lamb, have been helped out and brought nearer to it by art, and the addition of new parts. Sir Hans Sloane, and Breynius [Jacob Breyne], give us the figures and descriptions of such borametzes in their collections.

1826, Eliza P. Reid, “Part I. Rice, Licorice, Maize, or Indian Wheat, and Some Other Plants.”, in Historical and Literary Botany, […], volume III, Windsor, Berkshire: C. Andrews, […], →OCLC, pages 7 and 8:

Nor can we affirm that this plant of [Gustav] Kunze is not that which gave rise to the tales of wonder, for, although the species was first botanically determined by Kunze from [Hugh] Cuming's Philippine Island specimens, and although it is shown to be a native also of Sumatra, yet we have lately (in 'Kew Garden Miscellany,' vol. ix. p. 334) had occasion to record the fact of our having received specimens of the same Fern from Hongkong, Chusan, and South China, of which country the Barometz is considered a native.

1861, William Jackson Hooker, “Introductory Notice”, in The British Ferns; […], London: Lovell Reeve, […], →OCLC, footnote:

A portion of the Baromez does present a rude resemblance in its shape to the figure of an animal, and is covered by a soft downy substance, which may be compared to a silky fleece, of a reddish-brown colour, and which gives to it more the appearance of a dog than a lamb.

[1866], “The Field and the Heath”, in Beauties and Wonders of Vegetable Life; […], London: The Religious Tract Society, […], →OCLC, page 263:

Cibotium. This is a small distinct genus of robust-growing and highly ornamental plants; and, though generally considered Tree Ferns, some species have a decumbent rhizome, of which the Barometz, or Vegetable Lamb, is a good example.

1868, Benjamin Samuel Williams, “Descriptive List of Exotic Ferns”, in Select Ferns and Lycopods: British and Exotic. […], London: Published and sold by the author, →OCLC, page 93:

Cibotium Barometz frond resembles the Cibotium Scheidei but the growth is different as well as the color. The Barometz is more stiff and upright where the Scheidei droops and is more delicate and lighter green.

1949, The Begonian: […], Long Beach, Calif.: American Begonia Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 265, column 2:

A golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs.


cinnamon fern

A coarse fern, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, found primarily in wet areas.


mangemange

/ˈmæŋiˈmæŋi/

(New Zealand) The fern Lygodium articulatum


climbing maidenhair fern

en-noun

climbing maidenhair fern (plural climbing maidenhair ferns)

Lygodium microphyllum, an Old World tropical fern (also naturalized in Jamaica and Florida) that grows as a vine.


woodfern

Any of several evergreen ferns, of the family Dryopteridaceae, especially genus Dryopteris, that have dark green, leathery fronds.


adiantum

The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum)


lunary

Accordingly she visits the witch, Dipsas, by whose magic aid the youth, found resting on a bank of lunary, is bewitched to sleep until old age.

1914, Arnold Wynne, The Growth of English Drama:


pteridomania

A craze, in 19th-century England, for collecting ferns and for using images of ferns in the decorative arts


osmunda

From Medieval Latin osmunda (“royal fern”). Compare osmund.

The fair Osᴍᴜɴᴅᴀ seeks the silent dell, / The ivy canopy, and dripping cell […].

1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 11:

Osmunda regalis
Osmunda regalis#Translingual

(botany) A fern of the genus Osmunda, especially the royal fern, Osmunda regalis.


hardfern

Blechnum spicant, a species of fern of Europe and Northwestern America.


moonwort

Moonwort is an herb which they say will open locks, and unshoe such horses as tread upon it.

1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 194:

A small fern, Botrychium lunaria (lesser moonwort); later, any member of the genus.


hapu'u

The commonest species is the hapu‘u, Cibotium, a majestic and graceful fern with all the elegance of a green fountain.

2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 36:

Any of four species of tropical tree ferns of the genus Cibotium found in Hawai'i.


pillwort

Any plant of the genus Pilularia of small aquatic ferns. The sporangia are borne in spherical sporocarps ("pills") which form in the axils of leaves.


osmundine

(botany) The roots of ferns of the genus Osmunda, used in growing orchids etc.


miltwaste

Asplenium ceterach
Asplenium ceterach#Translingual

(archaic) A small European fern (Asplenium ceterach) formerly used in medicine.


marsilea

New Latin, after Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli ( Marsilius ) + 1730 Italian Naturalists

Any of the genus Marsilea of aquatic ferns; water clover.


nardoo

nardoo (countable and uncountable, plural nardoos)

Nardoo (Marsilea drummondii) was a crucial plant because of its ability to grow on the beds of shallow lakes in otherwise inhospitable regions.

2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 34:

(chiefly Australia) Marsilea drummondii, a four-leaved aquatic fern native to Australia the sporocarps of which are processed for food.


oak fern

A fern of genus Gymnocarpium (syn. Thelypteris) which grows on trees, especially Gymnocarpium dryopteris.


peppergrass

peppergrass (countable and uncountable, plural peppergrasses)

Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass.

1944, Oregon. Agricultural experiment station, Circular of Information - Issues 323-395, page 3:

To this group belong feeds such as: Silage, alfalfa hay, turnips, kale, apples, potatoes, beet pulp, beet tops, rape, cabbage; and also weeds such as garlic, scaleweed, dog-fennel, tarweed, peppergrass, wild mustard, and others.

1951, Practical Butter Manufacture, a Manual for Buttermakers, page 25:

Lepidium sativum
Lepidium sativum#Translingual

Any of the pungent herbs of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum; pepperwort.

The common pillwort of Europe (Pilularia globulifera).


azolla

mosquito fern (any of several species of small floating aquatic ferns in the genus Azolla)


adiantoid

an adiantoid fern


ophioglossid

Ophioglossum (“genus of adder's tongue ferns”) + -id

(botany) An adder's tongue fern, or one similar to such a fern.


schizaeaceous

(botany) Of or relating to the family Schizaeaceae of mostly tropical ferns.


woodwardia

(botany) Any of the genus Woodwardia of chain ferns.


polypodium

polypodium (plural polypodiums or polypodia)

From Late Latin polypodium, from Ancient Greek πολυπόδιον (polupódion), from πολυ- (polu-, “poly-, many”) + πούς (poús, “-pod, foot”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”). Later reinforced by the translingual scientific use of Polypodium.

(botany) Synonym of polypody: any fern of the genus Polypodium.


mokimoki

Microsorum scandens, a fragrant fern of New Zealand and Australia.


woodsia

(botany) Any of the genus Woodsia of ferns.


kawakawa

kawakawa (countable and uncountable, plural kawakawas)

A false albacore, a fish of species Euthynnus affinis.


kiwikiwi

A star fern or creek fern, of species Blechnum fluviatie.


vegetable fern

Diplazium esculentum; an edible fern found throughout Asia and Oceania.


New York fern

A fern of the species Parathelypteris noveboracensis (syn. Thelypteris noveboracensis), native to eastern North America.


Boston fern

Nephrolepis exaltata cv. Bostoniensis, a fern with gracefully arching fronds.


leptosporangiate

[…]which being leptosporangiate cannot be closely related to Isoetes, the sporangia appear late in the history of the leaf.

1900, Robert Wilson Smith, Structure and Development of Sporangia and Sporophylls of Isoetes, page 330:

In fact, it seems that in the Primary rocks the distinctive Leptosporangiate annulus was at least rare, if it existed at all.

1908, Frederick Orpen Bower, The Origin of a Land Flora, page 639:

Most of his material, which includes a variety of leptosporangiate species, was obtained from greenhouses.

1922, John Merle Coulter, Sir Humphry Davy, M.S. Coulter, The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy: Discourses Delivered before the Royal Society: Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, Part 1, page 264:

(botany) Having sporangia that were each formed from a single epidermal cell; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of ferns of this kind.


shield fern

From the shape of the indusia that cover the fern's sori (spores).

Certain of the ferns of four genera:
Dryopteris (buckler ferns)


buckler fern

From the shape of the indusia (membranes) that cover the fern's sori (spores).

Certain species of the fern genera Dryopteris, Polystichum, and others.


ostrich fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.


wig tree fern

Alsophila baileyana, a tree fern native to northeastern Queensland in Australia.


sensitive fern

From the observation by early American settlers that the plant is very sensitive to frost, the fronds dying quickly when first touched by it.

Onoclea sensibilis, a coarse-textured, medium to large-sized deciduous perennial fern.


royal fern

Osmunda regalis, a fern native to Europe, Africa and Asia.


rattlesnake fern

rattlesnake fern (plural rattlesnake ferns)

Botrypus virginianus, a low-growing ternately branched herb in the Ophioglossales.


rustyback

Asplenium ceterach (syn. Ceterach officinarum), a fern with orange-brown trichomes.


leatherleaf fern

leatherleaf fern (plural leatherleaf ferns)

Polypodium scouleri, native to western North America


fernroot

fernroot (countable and uncountable, plural fernroots)

Pteridium esculentum, a plant of New Zealand.


fernland

fernland (countable and uncountable, plural fernlands)


northern maidenhair

Adiantum pedatum, a fern native to temperate and cool eastern North America.


ebony spleenwort

ebony spleenwort (countable and uncountable, plural ebony spleenworts)

Any of species Asplenium platyneuron of ferns.


northern lady fern

northern lady fern (countable and uncountable, plural northern lady ferns)

Athyrium filix-femina, native to the temperate northern hemisphere.


evergreen wood fern

evergreen wood fern (countable and uncountable, plural evergreen wood ferns)

Any of two common species of fern native to cool-temperate eastern North America that remain green for much of the year

Polystichum acrostichoides, the most common species of fern in its range.


hay-scented fern

hay-scented fern (countable and uncountable, plural hay-scented ferns)

Any fern of genus Dennstaetia, of many warm temperate to tropical regions, especially:

any fern of species Dennstaedtia punctilobula, native to cool-temperate eastern North America.


sorophore

A sorus-bearing structure in certain ferns.


chain fern

A fern of any of several species of two genera:

Woodwardia, native to the Northern Hemisphere.


netted chainfern

netted chainfern (countable and uncountable, plural netted chainferns)

Woodwardia areolata, a fern native to eastern North America, favoring moist, sandy, acidic soils.


lygodium

(botany) Any of the genus Lygodium of climbing ferns.


wheki

Dicksonia squarrosa, a fast-growing tree fern endemic to New Zealand.


mamaku

Cyathea medullaris, the black tree fern of New Zealand.


lady fern

A fern of the species Athyrium filix-femina, native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere.


eupolypod

For outgroup taxa, we sampled representatives of the families that are considered to be closely related to Woodsiaceae in eupolypods II based on the most recent phylogenetic studies.

2015 September 9, “Molecular Phylogeny of the Cliff Ferns (Woodsiaceae: Polypodiales) with a Proposed Infrageneric Classification”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Any polypod fern of the family Polypodiaceae


mosquito fern

Any in the genus Azolla of aquatic ferns.


filmy fern

Any of the ferns in the family Hymenophyllaceae, so named for their thin, membranous fronds.


Wilson's filmy fern

Here it was that the Lastrea Fœnisecii was growing in such luxuriance; and in the very cave of which it was the gate keeper I found Wilson's Filmy-Fern, clothing the moist sides as a curtain.

1864, Margaret Plues, Rambles in Search of Flowerless Plants, page 41:

Parsley fern is plentiful on the higher hills, Wilson's filmy fern is common in sub-alpine glens, and moonwort, adder's tongue, hart's tongue and, very rarely, the royal fern are also to be got.

1920, William Learmonth, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire, published 2012, →ISBN, page 38:

Thankfully Wilson's filmy fern has survived in many sheltered and humid places, including these Borrowdale rainforests.

2017, Brett Westwood, Stephen Moss, Wonderland: A Year of Britain's Wildlife, Day by Day, →ISBN:

Hymenophyllum wilsonii, a fern in the family Hymenophyllaceae, the filmy ferns.

William Wilson (botanist)
en:Hymenophyllum wilsonii


aspidium

aspidium (countable and uncountable, plural aspidiums or aspidia)

A genericized form of translingual Aspidium, from New Latin aspidium (“shield fern”) proposed by Schwartz in Schrader's Journal für die Botanik in 1800, from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”) + -ium.

(dated, countable) Synonym of dryopteris: a genus of ferns or a member of the genus, including the male fern.


hart's tongue

From Middle English hartisstonge, hertestong, hertez tonge, hertis tonge, hertistonge, hertis tounge, hertt tong, hertys tonge, hertystungge.


monilophyte

Any fern of the former class Monilophyta (now Polypodiopsida)


Tara fern

Pteridium esculentum, a bracken of the Southern Hemisphere, with a thickened edible rhizome.


bladder fern

Any of the genus Cystopteris of ferns in the family Cystopteridaceae.


cheilanthoid

Any fern of the subfamily Cheilanthoideae


common polypody

Polypodium virginianum, native to North America.


hen and chicken

hen and chicken (plural hen and chickens or hens and chickens)

hen and chickens (plural)
hens and chickens (plural)

From the growth habit of the plant: a larger, older plant surrounded by smaller, younger suckers.

Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:

Chlorophytum comosum, spider plant, a commonly cultivated houseplant in family Asparagaceae.


Venus hair fern

Venus hair fern (plural Venus hair ferns)

A maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris


salvinialean

Any of the order Salviniales of water ferns.


bungwall

A species of fern, Telmatoblechnum indicum, native to Australia and Southeast Asia.


goldback

Any member of genus Pityrogramma of ferns.


agsam

(Philippines) The plant Lygodium circinnatum, a large fern.


staghorn fern

Any of the epiphytic ferns in the genus Platycerium, often cultivated for their distinctive foliage, shade tolerance, and ability to grow off of the ground.


sword fern

Some ferns in the genus Polystichum which look like the typical Nephrolepis sword ferns.


rabbit's-foot fern

rabbit's-foot fern (plural rabbit's-foot ferns)

Any fern in the genus Davallia (including those formerly classified in a separate genus, Humata), often grown as houseplants for their foliage and for their furry-looking rhizomes that grow partly above ground.


Trudell's spleenwort

Trudell's spleenwort (plural Trudell's spleenworts)

Asplenium × trudellii, a hybrid fern of the United States, mixed from mountain spleenwort and lobed spleenwort.


uluhe

(Hawaii) The fern Dicranopteris linearis.


villous lipfern

villous lipfern (plural villous lipferns)

From villous + lipfern (plant in genus "Myriopteris").

com

Myriopteris windhamii, a species of lipfern.


dunewort

A common name for the fern Botrychium campestre.


lip fern

A saxatile fern of the genus Cheilanthes, or related genera such as Myriopteris.


maidenhair spleenwort

en-noun

maidenhair spleenwort (plural maidenhair spleenworts)


coral fern

[T]he ground up here is waterlogged and riddled with potholes, holes beneath the spongy coral fern, hidden holes throughout the sphagnum.

1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 31

(Australia) Any of various ferns with forked coral-like fronds of the genus Gleichenia.


ball fern

Any of various ferns of the genus Davallia.


Scott's spleenwort

Named after R. Robinson Scott, who first identified the fern as a new species.

Asplenium × ebenoides, a hybrid fern native to eastern North America.


walking spleenwort

Scott's spleenwort
Scott's spleenwort#English


hard fern

Blechnum, a genus of ferns in the family Blechnaceae.