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Definitions for Fern

[1] any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
[2] a female given name.
[3] any tracheophyte plant of the phylum Filicinophyta , having roots, stems, and fronds and reproducing by spores formed in structures (sori) on the fronds See also tree fern
[4] any of certain similar but unrelated plants, such as the sweet fern

Words related to Fern

thicket, scrub, hedge, shrubbery, undergrowth, grove, cover, coppice, copse, dingle, sedge, underwood, brushwood, gorse, bracken, spinney, chaparral, plant, boscage

Words nearby Fern

fermi, enrico, fermi-dirac statistics, fermion, fermium, fermor, fern, fern bar, fern root, fern seed, fern test, fernandel

Origin of Fern

before 900; Middle English ferne, Old English fearn; cognate with German Farn fern, Sanskrit parná feather

Other words from Fern

fern·less , adjective
fern·like , adjective

Word origin for Fern

Old English fearn ; related to Old High German farn , Sanskrit parná leaf

Synonyms for Fern

scrub, thicket, bracken, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, copse, cover, dingle, gorse, grove, hedge, sedge, shrubbery, spinney, undergrowth, underwood, boscage