Word: ferns
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...Fern leaves are even used in come areas to preserve cheese, and certain ferns have a medicinal use as diuretics...
...Tryon, however have found a more domestic purpose for the scientifically vital fern. In the spring they scan the New England woodlands for fiddlehead ferns, which the couple then eat fresh in soups and salads or freeze to enjoy year round...
While Rollo Tryon concentrates on the plant's visible characteristics, his wife concentrates on the tiny fern spores, on which she is a renowned expert. "I work on the little parts, while he does the big stuff," she says...
...pair also leads their Biology 247 class on an annual "class trip" to Mexico to give aspiring botanists hands-on experience with some of the tropical fern species...
While Rolla Tryon is the professor. Alice has not been content to play second fiddle. Aside from her pioneer work in fern-spore research, she has set precedents-initially by becoming the first woman member of New England's foremost association of botanists-the New England Botanists Club, then by becoming, in 1978, its first woman president...