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Definition of Ferns

Fern
Fern Fern, adv. Long ago. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Fern
Fern Fern, a. [AS. fyrn.] Ancient; old. [Obs.] ``Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes.' [saints]. --Chaucer.
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.

Meaning of Ferns from wikipedia

- (Polypodiidae) and eusporangiate ferns, the latter group including horsetails, whisk ferns, marattioid ferns, and ophioglossoid ferns. The fern crown group, consisting...
- BAFTA Scotland Award. Alex Ferns is the oldest of three children of his family, who left Scotland for South Africa, when Ferns was eleven years old. The...
- original movie Between Two Ferns: The Movie. Host Zach Galifianakis interviews celebrities while sitting between two potted ferns. The set intentionally resembles...
- tree ferns are arborescent (tree-like) ferns that grow with a trunk elevating the fronds above ground level, making them trees. Many extant tree ferns are...
- leptosporangiate ferns, formerly Leptosporangiatae, are one of four subclasses of ferns, the largest of these being the largest group of living ferns, including...
- Look up ferns in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ferns are plants of the class Polypodiopsida. Ferns may also refer to: Ferns, County Wexford, Ireland...
- Fern allies are a diverse group of seedless vascular plants that are not true ferns. Like ferns, a fern ally dis****s by shedding spores to initiate...
- called hydrotheca. Sometimes dried bryozoa are sold as "air ferns." Most commercially sold air ferns are collected as a by-product by trawlers in the North...
- January 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2009. Retirement news article Sport24 Lyndon Ferns at World Aquatics Lyndon Ferns at Olympedia Lyndon Ferns at Olympics.com...
- Sword fern is a common name for several ferns and may refer to: Nephrolepis, a tropical genus of ferns, especially: Nephrolepis exaltata, commonly cultivated...