Look up: fern

1. Fern
   Ferns compris an order of several families of perennial, .flowerless plants Ttere are more than ten thousand species widely distributed throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world. Ferns are classified principally by the structure and arrangement of themosslike growths, to...
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2. Fern
   Ferns are non-flowering plants that were plentiful during the Mesozoic Era and usually live in warm, moist areas. Ferns have fronds divided into leaflets.
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3. fern
   [n] - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward
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4. Fern
   Plant that has many small waterproof leaves. Reproduces using spores.
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5. Fern
   Green, non-flowering vascular plants, reproducing by vegetative or fertilized spores.
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6. Fern
   a type of plant with large, divided leaves. First found in the Devonian. During the Palaeozoic era tree-ferns, some up to several metres in height, dominated the forest vegetation. Today ferns grow mostly as smaller plants and tree ferns are rare
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7. Fern
   Fern adverb Long ago. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
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8. Fern
   Fern adjective [ Anglo-Saxon fyrn .] Ancient; old. [ Obsolete] 'Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes.' [ saints]. Chaucer.
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9. Fern
   Fern (fẽrn) noun [ Anglo-Saxon fearn ; akin to Dutch varen , German farn , farn kraut; confer Sanskrit parn.a wing, feather, leaf, sort of plant, or Lithuanian papartis fern.] (Botany) An order o...
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10. fern
    <botany> An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size. ... The plants are asexual, and bear c...
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11. fern
    noun any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
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12. Fern
    • (adv.) Long ago. • (n.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size. • (a.) Ancie...
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13. fern
    any of several nonflowering vascular plants that possess true roots, stems, and complex leaves and that reproduce by spores. They belong to the ... [10 related articles]
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14. Fern
    Fern is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Fern Plant` Where is it used? The name Fern is mainly used In English.It is an abbreviated form of Fernanda, used In Spanish and In Portuguese.How do they say it elsewhere? Ferne ( In English (Modern) )See also In English, German, French an...
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15. Fern
    A group of about 11,000 species of vascular seedless plants that belong to the division Pterophyta. About 75 percent of the various species of ferns are found in the tropics. Some ferns grow on the branches of trees as epiphytes.
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16. fern
    fern, any plant of the division Polypodiophyta. Fern species, numbering several thousand, are found throughout the world but are especially abundant in tropical rain forests. The ferns and their relatives (e.g., the club moss and horsetail) are the most primitive plants to have developed a true vasc...
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17. fern
    Click images to enlargeAny of a group of plants related to horsetails and clubmosses. Ferns are spore-bearing, not flowering, plants and most are perennial, spreading by slow-growing roots. The leaves, known as fronds, vary widely in size and shape. Some taller types, such as tree ferns, grow in the tropics. There...
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18. Fern
    A `fern` is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta.<ref name="chapman">Chapman, Arthur D. (2009). Numbers of Living Species in Australia and the World. Report for the Australian Biological Resources Study. Canbe...
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19. Fern
    (disambiguation) `Fern` is the common name for plants in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta. `Fern` may also refer to: Places: In the United Kingdom: In the Republic of Ireland: In the United States: People: People with the given name Fern or Ferne in...
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20. Fern
    (TV series) `Fern` is a British chat show hosted by Fern Britton which aired on Channel 4 on weekdays at 5:00pm in March and April 2011. The format is a teatime chat show featuring real-life stories, a mix of gossip and entertainment. The studio had a sofa area for interviewing celebri...
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