A tall, graceful fern of worldwide distribution which favours moist shady habitats.
蹄盖蕨
Athyrium and other genera, family Woodsiaceae: several species, in particular A. filix-femina
Example sentencesExamples
On moist slopes above the terraces, northern maidenhair replaces the lady fern, and oceanspray populates the shrub layer.
There are mushrooms and nettles and lady fern fiddleheads.
Near the streams is an abundance of lady fern, netted chain fern, royal fern, cinnamon fern, and New York fern, often growing beneath a layer of mountain laurel.
Definition of lady fern in US English:
lady fern
nounˈlādē fərn
A tall, graceful fern of worldwide distribution which favors moist shady habitats.
蹄盖蕨
Athyrium and other genera, family Woodsiaceae: several species, in particular A. filix-femina
Example sentencesExamples
Near the streams is an abundance of lady fern, netted chain fern, royal fern, cinnamon fern, and New York fern, often growing beneath a layer of mountain laurel.
On moist slopes above the terraces, northern maidenhair replaces the lady fern, and oceanspray populates the shrub layer.
There are mushrooms and nettles and lady fern fiddleheads.