fern


Definition: Meaning of, fern in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fəːn /

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Singular Plural
fern ferns
[countable]
  1. a type of plant with green leaves shaped like large feathers, but no flowers
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fern used in phrases

  • Alabama lip fern (noun)
    1. southeastern United States to northern Mexico and Jamaica
  • Alpine lady fern (noun)
    1. a lady fern with deeply cut leaf segments; found in the Rocky Mountains
  • American maidenhair fern (noun)
    1. hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes
  • American parsley fern (noun)
    1. rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
  • American wall fern (noun)
    1. chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia
  • Bermuda maidenhair fern (noun)
    1. delicate endemic Bermudian fern with creeping rootstock
  • Boston fern (noun)
    1. a sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds; a popular houseplant
  • Braun's holly fern (noun)
    1. north American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales
  • California fern (noun)
    1. large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
  • Canary Island hare's foot fern (noun)
    1. fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira
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