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Examples of Christmas fern in a Sentence
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Norma and David had converted the median strip beyond their sidewalk into a native-plant repository—Christmas fern, aster, monarda, bergamot.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Fern species include cinnamon, royal and the evergreen Christmas fern.
—Chris M. Worrell, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2021
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First Known Use
1873, in the meaning defined above
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“Christmas fern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Christmas%20fern. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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Christmas fern
noun
: a North American evergreen fern often used for winter decorations
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