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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...
- Look up ferns in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ferns are plants of the class Polypodiopsida. Ferns may also refer to: Ferns, County Wexford, Ireland...
- 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...
- The Ferns Report (2005) was an official Irish government inquiry into the allegations of clerical ****ual abuse in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns in...
- Susan Elizabeth Ferns (born 27 October 1960) is a British trade unionist. Born in Sheffield, Ferns studied at Salford University. In 1982, she began working...
- beloved ferns. Despite antagonizing his crew, they reconcile and go back to Los Angeles and win the deal. Learning he will get four new ferns, Zach celebrates...
- 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...
- the maidenhair fern (not to be confused with the similar-looking maidenhair spleenwort fern), is a genus of about 250 species of ferns in the subfamily...
- leptosporangiate ferns, formerly Leptosporangiatae, are one of four subclasses of ferns, the largest of these being the largest group of living ferns, including...