Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An artificial ball consisting of the creeping rhizomes of certain Japanese ferns, commonly of Davallia bullata, closely bound together with absorbent vegetable fiber.
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Examples
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Betty was going to her room to put the fern-ball to soak, according to directions.
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Betty, and let my memory and the fern-ball grow green together. "
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