Noun fern has 1 sense
  1. fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
    --1 is a kind of
    pteridophyte, nonflowering plant
    --1 is a member of Filicopsida, class Filicopsida, Filicinae, class Filicinae
    --1 has part: fern seed
    --1 has particulars:
     pecopteris; filmy fern, film fern; bristle fern, filmy fern; flowering fern, osmund; crape fern, Prince-of-Wales fern, Prince-of-Wales feather, Prince-of-Wales plume, Leptopteris superba, Todea superba; crepe fern, king fern, Todea barbara; curly grass, curly grass fern, Schizaea pusilla; pine fern, Anemia adiantifolia; climbing fern; scented fern, Mohria caffrorum; aquatic fern, water fern; adder's tongue, adder's tongue fern; grape fern; flowering fern, Helminthostachys zeylanica; giant scrambling fern, Diplopterygium longissimum; umbrella fern, fan fern, Sticherus flabellatus, Gleichenia flabellata; polypody; bear's-paw fern, Aglaomorpha meyeniana; strap fern; basket fern, Drynaria rigidula; lecanopteris; snake polypody, Microgramma-piloselloides; climbing bird's nest fern, Microsorium punctatum; golden polypody, serpent fern, rabbit's-foot fern, Phlebodium aureum, Polypodium aureum; staghorn fern; felt fern, tongue fern, Pyrrosia lingua, Cyclophorus lingua; potato fern, Solanopteris bifrons; grass fern, ribbon fern, Vittaria lineata; spleenwort; bird's nest fern, Asplenium nidus; hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium; scale fern, scaly fern, Asplenium ceterach, Ceterach officinarum; Schaffneria nigripes, Asplenium nigripes, Scolopendrium nigripes; scolopendrium; hard fern; doodia, rasp fern; chain fern; tree fern; davallia; hay-scented, hay-scented fern, scented fern, boulder fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula; bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum; bracken, Pteridium esculentum; false bracken, Culcita dubia; shield fern, buckler fern; wood fern, wood-fern, woodfern; lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina; silvery spleenwort, glade fern, narrow-leaved spleenwort, Athyrium pycnocarpon, Diplazium pycnocarpon; holly fern, Cyrtomium aculeatum, Polystichum aculeatum; bladder fern; silvery spleenwort, Deparia acrostichoides, Athyrium thelypteroides; oak fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, Thelypteris dryopteris; limestone fern, northern oak fern, Gymnocarpium robertianum; ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris; hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Olfersia cervina, Polybotrya cervina, Polybotria cervina; sensitive fern, bead fern, Onoclea sensibilis; Christmas fern, canker brake, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern, Polystichum acrostichoides; holly fern; leather fern, leatherleaf fern, ten-day fern, Rumohra adiantiformis, Polystichum adiantiformis; button fern, Tectaria cicutaria; Indian button fern, Tectaria macrodonta; woodsia; oleander fern, Oleandra neriiformis, Oleandra mollis; sword fern; golden fern, leather fern, Acrostichum aureum; maidenhair, maidenhair fern; annual fern, Jersey fern, Anogramma leptophylla; lip fern, lipfern; lace fern, Cheilanthes gracillima; bamboo fern, Coniogramme japonica; rock brake; hand fern, Doryopteris pedata; cliff brake, cliff-brake, rock brake; button fern, Pellaea rotundifolia; silver fern, Pityrogramma argentea; silver fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos; golden fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava; gold fern, Pityrogramma chrysophylla; brake; Pteris cretica; spider brake, spider fern, Pteris multifida; ribbon fern, spider fern, Pteris serrulata; potato fern, Marattia salicina; marsh fern, Thelypteris palustris, Dryopteris thelypteris; christella; mountain fern, Oreopteris limbosperma, Dryopteris oreopteris; New York fern, Parathelypteris novae-boracensis, Dryopteris noveboracensis; Massachusetts fern, Parathelypteris simulata, Thelypteris simulata; beech fern
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