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Definition of Climbing fern

Climbing fern
Fern Fern, n. [AS. fearn; akin to D. varen, G. farn, farnkraut; cf. Skr. par[.n]a wing, feather, leaf, sort of plant, or Lith. papartis fern.] (Bot.) 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. Note: The plants are asexual, and bear clustered sporangia, containing minute spores, which germinate and form prothalli, on which are borne the true organs of reproduction. The brake or bracken, the maidenhair, and the polypody are all well known ferns. Christmas fern. See under Christmas. Climbing fern (Bot.), a delicate North American fern (Lygodium palmatum), which climbs several feet high over bushes, etc., and is much sought for purposes of decoration. Fern owl. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The European goatsucker. (b) The short-eared owl. [Prov. Eng.] -- Fern shaw, a fern thicket. [Eng.] --R. Browning.
Climbing fern
Climbing Climb"ing, p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb. Climbing fern. See under Fern. Climbing perch. (Zo["o]l.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici.

Meaning of Climbing fern from wikipedia

- (Polypodiidae) and eusporangiate ferns, the latter group including horsetails, whisk ferns, marattioid ferns, and ophioglossoid ferns. The fern crown group, consisting...
- known as, variously, climbing maidenhair fern, Old World climbing fern, small-leaf climbing fern, or snake fern) is a climbing fern originating in tropical...
- Lygodium (climbing fern) is a genus of about 40 species of ferns, native to tropical regions across the world, with a few temperate species in eastern...
- Lygodium ****oni**** is a species of fern that is known by the common names vine-like fern and ****anese climbing fern. It is native to eastern Asia, including...
- glory. One odd group of vining plants is the fern genus Lygodium, called climbing ferns. The stem does not climb, but rather the fronds (leaves) do. The fronds...
- genus, this one, called the American climbing fern, Hartford fern (after Hartford, Connecticut), or Alice's fern, is extremely hardy in temperate zones...
- common names of common asparagus fern, asparagus gr****, lace fern, climbing asparagus, or ferny asparagus, is a climbing plant in the family Asparagaceae...
- Pyrrosia eleagnifolia, commonly known as the leather-leaf fern, or ota in Māori, is a climbing fern endemic to New Zealand. P. eleagnifolia has thick, fleshy...
- Dicranopteris pectinatus. This rhizomatous fern spreads via cloning, spreading along the ground and climbing on other vegetation, often forming thickets...
- fever, skin diseases, ulcers, and stomachache. This plant is a long-climbing fern with thin black scales and stems that can reach up to 20 m. It has pinnate...