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
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