Hard fern: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Hard fern in English is the name of a plant defined with Blechnum spicant in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lomaria spicant Desv. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· An Arrangement of British Plants (1796)
· Economic Botany (1973)
· American Midland Naturalist (1931)
· Methodus Plantarum (1754)
· Annalen der Botanick. (1794)
· Mémoires de l’Académie Royale des Sciences (1793)
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