Fern Definition

fûrn
ferns
noun
Any of numerous flowerless, seedless vascular plants that produce spores giving rise to free-living gametophytes and that often have dissected leaves.
American Heritage
Any of a widespread division (Filicophyta) of nonflowering embryophytes having roots, stems, and fronds, and reproducing by spores instead of by seeds.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A female given name from the fern plant.
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Other Word Forms of Fern

Noun

Singular:
fern
Plural:
ferns

Origin of Fern

  • From Old English fearn, from Proto-Germanic *farną (cf. Dutch varen, German Farn), from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“wing, feather”). Cognate with Lithuanian spar̃nas, Albanian fier (“fern”), Avestan [script?] (parəna, “feather”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “feather”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English fearn per-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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