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fɛnfen
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Princeton's WordNet
fennoun
100 fen equal 1 yuan in China
marsh, marshland, fen, fenlandnoun
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
"thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FENnoun
A marsh; low flat and moist ground; a moor; a bog.
Etymology: fenn, Saxon; venne, Dutch.
Mexico is a city that stands in the midst of a great marsh or fen. George Abbot, Description of the World.
I go alone,
Like to a lonely dragon, that his fen
Makes fear’d and talk’d of more than seen. William Shakespeare, Coriolan.Yon common cry of curs, whose breath I hate,
As reek o’ th’ rotten fens. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.The surface is of black fen earth. John Woodward, on Fossils.
He to Portina’s wat’ry marshes went;
A long canal the muddy fen divides,
And with a clear unsully’d current glides. Addison.
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fen
A fen is a type of wetland ecosystem characterized by mineral-rich, alkaline water, peat soil, and a high variety of plant and animal species. It is often covered by shallow water and is dominated by grasses and reeds, but can also include shrubs and trees. Fens are found in various parts of the world, such as North America and Europe. They play a crucial role in water purification, flood control, and carbon storage.
Webster Dictionary
Fennoun
low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh
Etymology: [AS. fen, fenn, marsh, mud, dirt; akin to D. veen, OFries. fenne, fene, OHG. fenna, G. fenn, Icel. fen, Goth. fani mud.]
Wikidata
Fen
A fen is one of the six main types of wetland and one of two types of mire. It is usually fed by mineral-rich surface water or groundwater. Fens are characterised by their water chemistry, which is neutral or alkaline, with relatively high dissolved mineral levels but few other plant nutrients. They are usually dominated by grasses and sedges, and typically have brown mosses in general including Scorpidium or Drepanocladus. Fens frequently have a high diversity of other plant species including carnivorous plants such as Pinguicula. They may also occur along large lakes and rivers where seasonal changes in water level maintain wet soils with few woody plants. The distribution of individual species of fen plants is often closely connected to water regimes and nutrient concentrations. Fens have a characteristic set of plant species, which sometimes provide the best indicators of environmental conditions. For example, fen indicator species in New York include Carex flava, Cladium mariscoides, Potentilla fruticosa, Pogonia ophioglossoides and Parnassia glauca. Fens are distinguished from bogs, which are acidic, low in minerals, and usually dominated by sedges and shrubs, along with abundant mosses in the genus Sphagnum.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fen
fen, n. a kind of low marshy land often, or partially, covered with water: a morass or bog.—ns. Fen′-berr′y, the cranberry; Fen′-fire, the Will-o'-the-wisp.—adjs. Fen′ny, Fen′nish; Fen′-sucked (Shak.), drawn out of bogs. [A.S. fenn; Ice. fen.]
Fen
fen, v.t. an exclamatory phrase in boys' games, meaning 'Check!' 'Bar!' [Cf. Fend.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
fen
Low tracts inundated by the tides, capable, when in a dry state, of bearing the weight of cattle grazing upon them; differing therein from bog or quagmire. When well drained, they form some of the best land in the country.
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FEN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fen is ranked #136449 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Fen surname appeared 123 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Fen.
44.7% or 55 total occurrences were White.
32.5% or 40 total occurrences were Asian.
13.8% or 17 total occurrences were Black.
5.6% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fen in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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