fern seed
the spores of ferns, formerly supposed to have the power to make persons invisible.
Origin of fern seed
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How to use fern seed in a sentence
She sat rocking herself to and fro in her sorrow, while the old woman threw the fern seed, picked, alas!
A Fortunate Term | Angela BrazilAt one period it was believed that "fern-seed," as the fern-spores were called, possessed various miraculous powers.
How to Know the Ferns | Frances Theodora ParsonsNay, I think rather you are more beholden to the night than to fern-seed, for your walking invisible.
How to Know the Ferns | Frances Theodora ParsonsPrance and the sentries had, for each other, the secret of fern-seed, they walked invisible.
The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories | Andrew LangThe first thing to be done was to get rid of the fern-seed which she now regarded as a hateful thing.
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories | Various
British Dictionary definitions for fern seed
the minute particles by which ferns reproduce themselves, formerly thought to be invisible. Possession of them was thought to make a person invisible
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