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Wilson's filmy fern en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after William Wilson (botanist).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Hymenophyllum wilsonii, a fern in the family Hymenophyllaceae, the filmy ferns.
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • 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:

Forms

Translations (1)

is mosaburkni (Hymenophyllum wilsonii)

wikipedia: William Wilson (botanist)