Dryopteris fragrans
- noun
- Specialized
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Dryopteris fragrans
- Gardeners in cooler regions often cultivate Dryopteris fragrans for its attractive and aromatic fronds.
Examples
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During the hike, we spotted several Dryopteris fragrans growing on a shaded rocky slope.
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The Dryopteris fragrans is known for its fragrant fronds.
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The Dryopteris fragrans is prized by botanists for its unusual sweet-smelling leaves.
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I found a beautiful Dryopteris fragrans in the garden.
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Gardeners in cooler regions often cultivate Dryopteris fragrans for its attractive and aromatic fronds.
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During the hike, we spotted several Dryopteris fragrans growing on a shaded rocky slope.
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The Dryopteris fragrans is prized by botanists for its unusual sweet-smelling leaves.
Synonyms
A fern with fragrant leaves that grows on rocky cliffs in cold regions
A plant that grows in shady woods with many long leaves that smell pleasant
A green plant with divided leaves that smell pleasant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Dryopteris + fragrans
This is a taxonomic binomial composed of a genus name plus a descriptive epithet; if a learner knows 'Dryopteris' as the genus and recognises 'fragrans' as related to 'fragrant', they can directly infer it denotes a fragrant Dryopteris (i.e. a fern with fragrant fronds). The compositional naming convention in scientific Latin makes the meaning predictable from the parts for learners who know both constituents.
Etymology
Dryopteris fragrans comes from old Greek and Latin words. The first part, Dryopteris, comes from words for 'oak' and 'fern', and fragrans means 'fragrant', so the name gives the image of a sweet-smelling fern and explains why it refers to a fern with scented fronds.
