silvery spleenwort

noun

1. a fern, Diplazium pycnocarpon, of eastern North America, having fronds from 20 to 30 inches (50.8 to 76.2 centimeters) long on yellowish-green stalks.

Example Sentences

Nearly all agree that the lady fern, with its variously curved sori, should be placed here, and many others would place the silvery spleenwort in the same genus, partly because of its frequently doubled sori.

From Project Gutenberg