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bird's-nest fern

[ burdz-nest ]

noun

  1. a tropical fern, Asplenium nidus, having fronds arranged in clumps resembling a bird's nest.


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of bird's-nest fern1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

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Another conspicuous fern is the bird's-nest fern with its large, massive fronds growing under shade on rocks and stems of trees.

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From a ledge in which ferns and orchids grew in careless profusion—bird's-nest fern and polypodium and white-flowering orchid—the crystal might be reached by a little manoeuvring.

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There were some superb plants of the glossy tropical-looking bird’s-nest fern, or Asplenium Nidus, which makes its home on the stems and branches of trees, and brightens the forest with its great shining fronds. 

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