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resurrection fern

noun

  1. a drought-resistant, evergreen, epiphytic fern, Polypodium polypodioides, of subtropical to tropical America, appearing to be a ball of coiled, dead leaves in the dry season but reviving with moisture.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of resurrection fern1

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
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Example Sentences

Its forests are dominated by wind-tortured live oaks draped with Spanish moss and greened by resurrection fern, gnomish and ceaselessly amazing.

Up above, on the sloping branches of oak trees, whiskery bromeliads, Spanish moss and the gray fronds of resurrection fern tangled in a miniature jungle all their own.

In 1997, the resurrection ferns were taken into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery to observe their resurrection in zero gravity.

Sip your evening sherry on the wraparound porch, under 150-year-old oaks covered with resurrection ferns.

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