common noun. fern roots; edible root; medicine root. The roots come in a globe, each segment looks like a little banana. You boil the
globe, pull apart the segments, and mix them with grease and sugar before eating. This can also be used as an antidote for
food poisoning
Scientific name: Dryopteris expansa; see also Dryopteris felix-mas.
Akandi ts'ma'anł aa. I don't like fern roots.
Sayt güültas nooyu aa. My mother used to gather (edible) fern roots.
Photograph courtesy of Nancy Turner.
Photograph courtesy of Nancy Turner.
Photograph courtesy of Nancy Turner.
Photograph courtesy of Nancy Turner.
Photograph courtesy of Nancy Turner.