FERN
\fˈɜːn], \fˈɜːn], \f_ˈɜː_n]\
Definitions of FERN
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Any of numerous flowerless, seedless vascular plants having roots, stems, and fronds and reproducing by spores.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
By Princeton University
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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.
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Ancient; old. [Obs.] Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes. [saints].
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Ancient; old. [Obs.] Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes. [saints].
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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