"Moonwort" is a word in ENGLISH
Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so
named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond.
The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.
Sydney, don't leave Adrian because of me.""It's more complicated than that," I said automatically."It's really not," she said. "From everything I've seen and heard, you're just afraid. You've always controlled every detail of your life. When you couldn't-like with the Alchemists-you found a way to seize back that control.""There is nothing wrong with wanting control," I snapped."Except that we can't always have it, and sometimes that is a good thing. A great thing, even," she added. "And that's how it is with Adrian. No matter how hard you try, you aren't going to be able to control your feelings for him. You can't help loving him, and so you're running away. I'm just an excuse.
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Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
Read the complete definitionA plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See Cryptogamia.
Read the complete definitionA genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.
Read the complete definitionA genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.
Read the complete definitionalambrilyu n name given to several ornamental ferns, e. g. , Adi-antum capillus-veneris.
Read the complete definitionbákit - A fern whose fronds (leaves) resemble the tail of a cat. (cf. bákwit).
Read the complete definitionbalikugkug a for wires or string-like things to be curled or twisted inwards at the end. Balikugkug ang udlut sa …
Read the complete definitionThe woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern (Dicksonia barometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; …
Read the complete definitionA brake or fern.
Read the complete definitionA fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing …
Read the complete definitionA thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.
Read the complete definitionFull of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny.
Read the complete definitionHaving the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a …
Read the complete definitionThe stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, …
Read the complete definitionA species of fern with fronds (Asplenium Ceterach).
Read the complete definitionBearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers.
Read the complete definitionRolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in …
Read the complete definitionBearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and …
Read the complete definitionBearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns.
Read the complete definitionHaving the sporangium destitute of a ring; -- said of certain genera of ferns.
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