Crossword-Solution: NEPHROLEPIS
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| any fern of the genus Nephrolepis, some being grown as house plants | 1 answer |
| Fern | 33 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERETA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with NEPHROLEPIS (4)
Since the plants are likely to be injured in porch-boxes, and since these boxes should have some architectural effect, it is well to use abundantly of rather heavy greenery, such as swordfern (the common form of _Nephrolepis exaltata_) or the Boston fern, _Asparagus Sprengeri_, wandering jew, the large drooping vinca (perhaps the variegated form), aspidistra.
The Boston fern (_Nephrolepis exaltata Bostoniensis_) and its improved form, _Scottii_, are two of the best for house use, and if grown in the greenhouse until of good size and form, they will make unusual and very acceptable holiday or birthday gifts.
Great business is done in bulbs--mostly imported from Holland--stove and greenhouse plants, hardy perennials, orchids, ferns of the "fancy" and "dagger" types of Nephrolepis, and in carnations and roses.
Swordfern, NI’ANI’AU or ’OKUPUKUPU, _Nephrolepis exaltata_ (L.) Schott., is widely distributed at Haleakala as it is elsewhere in Hawaii.