Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common name of species of Trichomanes, especially T. radicans, from the bristle that projects beyond the cup-shaped indusium.
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Examples
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London-pride which covers the Kerry mountains, and the little pink butterwort of Devon, and the great blue butterwort of Ireland, and the Connemara heath, and the bristle-fern of the Turk waterfall, and many a strange plant more; all fairy tokens left for wise men and good children from off St. Brandan's Isle.
The Water-Babies Charles Kingsley 1847
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Kerry mountains, and the little pink butterwort of Devon, and the great blue butterwort of Ireland, and the Connemara heath, and the bristle-fern of the Turk waterfall, and many a strange plant more; all fairy tokens left for wise men and good children from off St. Brandan's
The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby Charles Kingsley 1847
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Ireland, and the Connemara heath, and the bristle-fern of the Turk waterfall, and many a strange plant more; all fairy tokens left for wise men and good children from off St. Brandan’s Isle.
The Water Babies 2007
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