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Definition of 'fern'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
  • Synonyms

    * (Pteridophyta) (archaic)

    Derived terms

    (top2) * (hydrozoan skeletons) * (in genus Asparagus ) * ) * ferny (mid2) * male fern * (in genus Comptonia ) * tree fern (bottom)

    See also

    * bracken

    Anagrams

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    Similar to 'fern'

    frown, furan, freon, forn, firn, furin, frain, fren