New York fern

noun

1. a shield fern, Thelypteris noveboracenis, of eastern North America, having yellowish-green fronds.

Example Sentences

The New York fern, around long before there was a New York or even an Old York, looks like it has jumped off a fossilized stone.

From Washington Post

Two related ferns will colonize nicely in such places — the hay-scented fern and the New York fern.

From Washington Post

The New York fern, when of low stature, is one of the many bits of growing carpet of rich cool woods.

From Project Gutenberg

In some respects it is also like the New York fern, and is in fact intermediate between the two.

From Project Gutenberg