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Fern has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores

"The damp corner of the garden was perfect for planting the fern, whose delicate fronds slowly uncurled as they reached for the sunlight."

2

Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

"After hiking through the damp, mossy ravine, I spotted several lush ferns reproducing via their tiny brown spores instead of flowers or seeds."

Proper Noun
1

A female given name from the fern plant.

"When Fern started her new job, everyone asked if she was named after the greenery or just chose a nature-inspired name like many of her colleagues."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pteridophyte
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
pecopteris filmy fern bristle fern flowering fern crape fern crepe fern curly grass pine fern climbing fern scented fern aquatic fern adder's tongue grape fern giant scrambling fern umbrella fern polypody bear's-paw fern strap fern basket fern lecanopteris snake polypody climbing bird's nest fern golden polypody staghorn fern felt fern potato fern grass fern spleenwort bird's nest fern hart's-tongue scale fern Schaffneria nigripes scolopendrium hard fern doodia chain fern tree fern davallia hay-scented bracken false bracken shield fern wood fern lady fern silvery spleenwort holly fern bladder fern oak fern limestone fern ostrich fern sensitive fern Christmas fern leather fern button fern Indian button fern woodsia oleander fern sword fern golden fern maidenhair annual fern lip fern lace fern bamboo fern rock brake hand fern cliff brake silver fern gold fern brake Pteris cretica spider brake ribbon fern marsh fern christella mountain fern New York fern Massachusetts fern beech fern
Rhyming Words
ern bern tern dern kern yern vern wern hern pern gern cern ahern stern thern scern quern altern astern lusern
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