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Stylagalmaic :: Stygian (a.) Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx..

Pulu :: Pulu (n.) A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic, yellowish brown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the young fronds of free ferns of the genus Cibotium, chiefly C. Menziesii; -- used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent..

Chaffern :: Chaffern (v. t.) A vessel for heating water.

Pteridomania :: Pteridomania (n.) A madness, craze, or strong fancy, for ferns..

Kupfernickel :: Kupfernickel (n.) Copper-nickel; niccolite. See Niccolite.

Trichomanes :: Trichomanes (n.) Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in the United States..

Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern..

Fiendish :: Fiendish (a.) Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish.

Spore :: Sporangium (n.) A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc..

Prothallus :: Prothallus (n.) The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oophoric generation of ferns, etc..

Stipe :: Stipe (n.) The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern..

Epiphylospermous :: Epiphylospermous (a.) Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns..

Polypodium :: Polypodium (n.) A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species..

Fern :: Fern (n.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size..

Fern :: Fern (adv.) Long ago.

Exannulate :: Exannulate (a.) Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; -- said of certain genera of ferns.

Yama :: Yama (n.) The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands..

Psarolite :: Psarolite (n.) A silicified stem of tree fern, found in abundance in the Triassic sandstone..

Adder's-tongue :: Adder's-tongue (n.) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue..

Pedicel :: Pedicel (n.) A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algae, or a sporangium in ferns..

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