Comptonia Asplenifolia (Noun)
Meaning
Deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The distinctive scent of the Comptonia asplenifolia made it easy for botanists to identify in the wild.
- In spring the tiny white flowers of the Comptonia asplenifolia emerge among the new leaves and give off a fragrance similar to honeysuckle.
- During winter months, when much of the other underbrush had been lost, Comptonia asplenifolia roots stayed in a protected dormancy and avoided death by drought and snow cover damage.
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- People call Comptonia asplenifolia by its nickname of the "Sweet Fern" due to the distinctive scent it emits from its many tiny leaves.