Definitions of fern [ɜrn]

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Definition of 'fern'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) fern
a nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, having fronds and reproducing by spores.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME ferne, OE fearn; c. MD væren, OHG farn fern, Skt parná feather)

Definition of 'fern'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) fern
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores

Definition of 'fern'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) fern
a common plant without flowers

Definition of 'fern'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) fern
ancient; old. [Obs.] "Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes." [saints]

2. (adverb) fern
long ago

3. (noun) fern
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

Translation of 'fern'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a kind of plant with no flowers and delicate feather-like leaves.
Afrikaans: varing	Arabic: سَرْخَس، خِنْشار	Bulgarian: папрат
Brazilian: feto	Czech: kapradina	German: der Farn
Danish: bregne	Greek: φτέρη	Spanish: helecho
Estonian: sõnajalg	Farsi: سرخس	Finnish: saniainen
French: fougère	Hebrew: שָׂרָך	Hindi: फर्न, सुंदर बारीक पत्तियो
Croatian: paprat	Hungarian: páfrány	Indonesian: pakis
Icelandic: burkni	Italian: felce	Japanese: しだ類
Korean: 고사리	Lithuanian: papartis	Latvian: paparde
Malay: paku-pakis	Dutch: varen	Norwegian: bregne
Polish: paproć	Persian: سرخس	Pashto: بندوكى، سر خس (هغه بوټى چ
Portuguese: feto	Romanian: ferigă	Russian: папоротник
Slovak: papraď	Slovenian: praprot	Serbian: paprat
Swedish: ormbunke	Thai: ต้นเฟิร์น	Turkish: eğrelti (otu)
Taiwanese: 蕨類植物	Ukrainian: папороть	Urdu: بے پھول کا پودا جس کے روئ
Vietnamese: cây dương xỉ	Chinese: 蕨类植物
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