Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of ferns having large, much-divided fronds, and small sori placed close to the margin of the frond at the apex of a vein.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A genus of tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems it is placed in the family
Cyatheaceae .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae
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Examples
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Understorey contains ferns (including tree fern Dicksonia selowiana), piperaceae, leguminosae, mirtaceae and bamboos.
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The tree fern forest zone consists of dense stands of Thyrsopteris elegans and Dicksonia berteriana, with a dark, moist forest floor.
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An example is seen in the tree fern (Dicksonia arborescens), which has been on St. Helena for at least 9 million years but no longer occurs in its likely source area of Africa.
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Codonopsis, etc. Dicksonia, stipitibus atris 3 canaliculatis, frondibus amplis, 10 pedalibus; in fine fructification; this is the same with the
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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I should have mentioned that Dicksonia occurs at 4000 feet, as well as
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Dicksonia; near and on the summit Magnoliae and two or three Cupuliferae,
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Ferns occur in more abundance, thence downwards Woodwardia, Dicksonia?
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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A kind of fern (_Dicksonia culcita_), called by the natives _cabellinho_, furnishes a silky material for the stuffing of mattresses and is exported to Brazil and
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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_Chrysobaphus Roxburghii_, and a new _Dicksonia_, _D_.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Celtis, Engelhardtia, Rhus, Rottlera, Loranthus, Callicarpa and Dicksonia all at a high elevation, but this latter is scarce.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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