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Synonyms
Etymology
1. fern
noun. ['ˈfɝːn'] any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores.
Synonyms
- scaly fern
- chain fern
- hay-scented
- Parathelypteris simulata
- umbrella fern
- flowering fern
- nonflowering plant
- sensitive fern
- Pityrogramma calomelanos
- felt fern
- Phyllitis scolopendrium
- glade fern
- bamboo fern
- Dryopteris thelypteris
- pteridophyte
- hart's-tongue
- Pteris serrulata
- Cheilanthes gracillima
- Thelypteris dryopteris
- crepe fern
- golden polypody
- Microgramma-piloselloides
- Phlebodium aureum
- Asplenium ceterach
- spider fern
- christella
- adder's tongue fern
- false bracken
- Athyrium thelypteroides
- Drynaria rigidula
- bracken
- Onoclea struthiopteris
- Marattia salicina
- evergreen wood fern
- Helminthostachys zeylanica
- New York fern
- Oleandra neriiformis
- silver fern
- king fern
- Asplenium nigripes
- Tectaria macrodonta
- scale fern
- Massachusetts fern
- spider brake
- Scolopendrium nigripes
- Parathelypteris novae-boracensis
- Pityrogramma chrysophylla
- leatherleaf fern
- Mohria caffrorum
- cliff brake
- limestone fern
- Thelypteris simulata
- Pteridium esculentum
- Christmas fern
- Pteridium aquilinum
- shield fern
- Olfersia cervina
- beech fern
- leather fern
- Anogramma leptophylla
- osmund
- Cyclophorus lingua
- curly grass
- cliff-brake
- Asplenium nidus
- maidenhair
- Schizaea pusilla
- snake polypody
- aquatic fern
- shuttlecock fern
- Anemia adiantifolia
- Cyrtomium aculeatum
- holly fern
- bear's-paw fern
- gold fern
- oak fern
- lipfern
- Diplopterygium longissimum
- filmy fern
- Deparia acrostichoides
- Pteretis struthiopteris
- Coniogramme japonica
- Microsorium punctatum
- class Filicinae
- Solanopteris bifrons
- staghorn fern
- silvery spleenwort
- Indian button fern
- Prince-of-Wales fern
- bead fern
- golden fern
- Pteris cretica
- Polystichum adiantiformis
- Aglaomorpha meyeniana
- woodsia
- Schaffneria nigripes
- Thelypteris palustris
- pasture brake
- rasp fern
- hart's-tongue fern
- Onoclea sensibilis
- Athyrium pycnocarpon
- pine fern
- Todea superba
- boulder fern
- hay-scented fern
- Ceterach officinarum
- narrow-leaved spleenwort
- Prince-of-Wales feather
- dagger fern
- Polybotria cervina
- class Filicopsida
- lace fern
- Athyrium filix-femina
- Doryopteris pedata
- button fern
- scented fern
- tree fern
- Matteuccia struthiopteris
- Gymnocarpium dryopteris
- rock brake
- bird's nest fern
- Polypodium aureum
- Oleandra mollis
- Diplazium pycnocarpon
- Tectaria cicutaria
- fern seed
- Jersey fern
- fiddlehead
- fan fern
- Polystichum aculeatum
- Acrostichum aureum
- bladder fern
- crape fern
- Prince-of-Wales plume
- curly grass fern
- Sticherus flabellatus
- strap fern
- pecopteris
- ribbon fern
- Filicinae
- Dryopteris oreopteris
- sword fern
- basket fern
- ostrich fern
- lecanopteris
- wood fern
- brake
- annual fern
- Vittaria lineata
- Leptopteris superba
- Asplenium scolopendrium
- lady fern
- serpent fern
- buckler fern
- bristle fern
- climbing fern
- tongue fern
- polypody
- oleander fern
- Pteris multifida
- northern oak fern
- maidenhair fern
- spleenwort
- Pityrogramma argentea
- scolopendrium
- Pellaea rotundifolia
- grass fern
- Dennstaedtia punctilobula
- davallia
- hand fern
- ten-day fern
- doodia
- Polybotrya cervina
- Rumohra adiantiformis
- hard fern
- Gleichenia flabellata
- woodfern
- Filicopsida
- adder's tongue
- wood-fern
- Pyrrosia lingua
- grape fern
- Polystichum acrostichoides
- rabbit's-foot fern
- Gymnocarpium robertianum
- film fern
- lip fern
- Dryopteris noveboracensis
- canker brake
- water fern
- Todea barbara
- Oreopteris limbosperma
- potato fern
- giant scrambling fern
- Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava
- marsh fern
- climbing bird's nest fern
- mountain fern
Etymology
- fearn (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Fern
- unconcern
- concern
- upturn
- sauterne
- return
- new-bern
- mckern
- mcgurn
- laverne
- discern
- amburn
- alpern
- sturn
- stirn
- sterne
- stern
- stearne
- stearn
- spurn
- ohern
- o'hern
- ohearn
- o'hearn
- obyrne
- o'byrne
- o'beirne
- aherne
- ahern
- ahearn
- adjourn
Sentences with fern
1. Adjective
Plant the fern into its new pot at the same depth it was planted in the nursery container.
2. Verb, base form
Instead, allow it to fern out.
3. Noun, singular or mass
Then move the fern to a lower light area to help it establish in its new environment.
