Fern (Noun)

Meaning

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

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

  • The garden path was lined with a lush carpet of delicate ferns that glistened with dew.
  • A gentle rain encouraged the new fronds of the autumn fern to uncurl from their protective brown coverings.
  • As I hiked through the misty forest, the eerie sounds were punctuated only by the rustle of giant ferns swaying in the breeze.
  • Tucked away in the sheltered recesses of the tropical conservatory, exotic fern species from around the world were thriving in their optimal conditions.
  • Soft mosses and dainty ferns struggled for a foothold in the craggy granite boulders lining the abandoned railway cut.

Hypernyms

  • Nonflowering Plant

Hyponyms

  • Diplazium Pycnocarpon
  • Dennstaedtia Punctilobula
  • Adder's Tongue Fern
  • Gleichenia Flabellata
  • Hay-scented Fern
  • Pityrogramma Calomelanos
  • Doryopteris Pedata
  • Pteridium Aquilinum
  • Oleandra Mollis
  • Aglaomorpha Meyeniana
  • Phyllitis Scolopendrium
  • Solanopteris Bifrons
  • Todea Barbara
  • Glade Fern
  • Shuttlecock Fern
  • Asplenium Nigripes
  • Diplopterygium Longissimum
  • Wood-fern
  • Boulder Fern
  • Prince-of-Wales Feather
  • Ribbon Fern
  • Filmy Fern
  • Pasture Brake
  • Schizaea Pusilla
  • Evergreen Wood Fern
  • Athyrium Filix-femina
  • Maidenhair Fern
  • Parathelypteris Novae-boracensis
  • Oleandra Neriiformis
  • Pteris Multifida
  • Asplenium Ceterach
  • Mohria Caffrorum
  • Pellaea Rotundifolia
  • Gymnocarpium Dryopteris
  • Leptopteris Superba
  • Cheilanthes Gracillima
  • Dryopteris Thelypteris
  • Vittaria Lineata
  • Sticherus Flabellatus
  • Fiddlehead
  • Polystichum Adiantiformis
  • Tectaria Cicutaria
  • Tectaria Macrodonta
  • Buckler Fern
  • Cyrtomium Aculeatum
  • Matteuccia Struthiopteris
  • Thelypteris Simulata
  • Narrow-leaved Spleenwort
  • Thelypteris Dryopteris
  • Anemia Adiantifolia
  • Scaly Fern
  • Polybotria Cervina
  • Serpent Fern
  • Dryopteris Noveboracensis
  • Polystichum Aculeatum
  • Woodfern
  • Microgramma-piloselloides
  • Scolopendrium Nigripes
  • Parathelypteris Simulata
  • Rock Brake
  • Spider Fern
  • Leather Fern
  • Canker Brake
  • Jersey Fern
  • Asplenium Scolopendrium
  • Ten-day Fern
  • Rasp Fern
  • Brake
  • Pityrogramma Chrysophylla
  • Anogramma Leptophylla
  • Polystichum Acrostichoides
  • Rumohra Adiantiformis
  • Film Fern
  • Prince-of-Wales Plume
  • Athyrium Thelypteroides
  • Fan Fern
  • Tongue Fern
  • Pityrogramma Argentea
  • Lipfern
  • Pteridium Esculentum
  • Leatherleaf Fern
  • Osmund
  • Microsorium Punctatum
  • Coniogramme Japonica
  • Oreopteris Limbosperma
  • Asplenium Nidus
  • Hart's-tongue Fern
  • Pyrrosia Lingua
  • Dagger Fern
  • Culcita Dubia
  • Acrostichum Aureum
  • Olfersia Cervina
  • Marattia Salicina
  • Pteretis Struthiopteris
  • Bead Fern
  • Rabbit's-foot Fern
  • Gymnocarpium Robertianum
  • Onoclea Struthiopteris
  • Cyclophorus Lingua
  • Prince-of-Wales Fern
  • Onoclea Sensibilis
  • Cliff-brake
  • Polybotrya Cervina
  • Pteris Serrulata
  • Northern Oak Fern
  • Thelypteris Palustris
  • Helminthostachys Zeylanica
  • King Fern
  • Curly Grass Fern
  • Water Fern
  • Athyrium Pycnocarpon
  • Deparia Acrostichoides
  • Polypodium Aureum
  • Todea Superba
  • Phlebodium Aureum
  • Dryopteris Oreopteris
  • Scented Fern
  • Ceterach Officinarum
  • Drynaria Rigidula
  • Pityrogramma Calomelanos Aureoflava

Related Words

  • Ferny (adjective)
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