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fern (n.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: helecho: fern ]

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fern
n. (plant)	1. fern	any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores.
	~ pecopteris	Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb.
	~ nonflowering plant, pteridophyte	plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores.
	~ fern seed	the asexual spore of ferns that resembles dust; once thought to be seeds and to make the possessor invisible.
	~ film fern, filmy fern	any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves.
	~ bristle fern, filmy fern	any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks.
	~ osmund, flowering fern	any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters.
	~ crape fern, leptopteris superba, prince-of-wales feather, prince-of-wales fern, prince-of-wales plume, todea superba	New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea.
	~ crepe fern, king fern, todea barbara	fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa.
	~ curly grass, curly grass fern, schizaea pusilla	rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts.
	~ anemia adiantifolia, pine fern	fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs.
	~ climbing fern	any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining.
	~ mohria caffrorum, scented fern	sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds.
	~ aquatic fern, water fern	ferns that grow in water.
	~ adder's tongue, adder's tongue fern	ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue.
	~ grape fern	a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases.
	~ flowering fern, helminthostachys zeylanica	Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds.
	~ class filicinae, class filicopsida, filicinae, filicopsida	ferns.
	~ diplopterygium longissimum, giant scrambling fern	large scrambling fern forming large patches to 18 feet high; Pacific region and China.
	~ fan fern, gleichenia flabellata, sticherus flabellatus, umbrella fern	large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia.
	~ polypody	any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium.
	~ aglaomorpha meyeniana, bear's-paw fern	epiphytic fern with large fronds; Taiwan and Philippines.
	~ strap fern	fern with long narrow strap-shaped leaves.
	~ drynaria rigidula, basket fern	giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia.
	~ lecanopteris	any of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic ants.
	~ microgramma-piloselloides, snake polypody	epiphytic ferns with long rhizomes; tropical America.
	~ climbing bird's nest fern, microsorium punctatum	tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia.
	~ golden polypody, phlebodium aureum, polypodium aureum, rabbit's-foot fern, serpent fern	tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium.
	~ staghorn fern	any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag.
	~ cyclophorus lingua, felt fern, pyrrosia lingua, tongue fern	east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus.
	~ solanopteris bifrons, potato fern	small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings along rhizomes.
	~ grass fern, vittaria lineata, ribbon fern	epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America.
	~ spleenwort	any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium.
	~ asplenium nidus, bird's nest fern	tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches.
	~ asplenium scolopendrium, phyllitis scolopendrium, hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern	Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds.
	~ asplenium ceterach, ceterach officinarum, scale fern, scaly fern	small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds.
	~ asplenium nigripes, schaffneria nigripes, scolopendrium nigripes	a fern of the genus Schaffneria.
	~ scolopendrium	a fern thought to resemble a millipede.
	~ hard fern	any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum.
	~ doodia, rasp fern	any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae.
	~ chain fern	a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows.
	~ tree fern	any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae.
	~ davallia	any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes.
	~ boulder fern, dennstaedtia punctilobula, hay-scented, hay-scented fern, scented fern	fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay.
	~ pasture brake, pteridium aquilinum, bracken, brake	large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan.
	~ bracken, pteridium esculentum	fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions.
	~ culcita dubia, false bracken	resembles Pteridium aquilinum; of Queensland, Australia.
	~ buckler fern, shield fern	any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori.
	~ wood-fern, wood fern, woodfern	any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris.
	~ athyrium filix-femina, lady fern	most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage.
	~ athyrium pycnocarpon, diplazium pycnocarpon, glade fern, narrow-leaved spleenwort, silvery spleenwort	North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks.
	~ cyrtomium aculeatum, polystichum aculeatum, holly fern	tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum.
	~ bladder fern	any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori.
	~ athyrium thelypteroides, deparia acrostichoides, silvery spleenwort	fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores.
	~ gymnocarpium dryopteris, oak fern, thelypteris dryopteris	bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere.
	~ gymnocarpium robertianum, limestone fern, northern oak fern	yellow-green fern of rocky areas of northern hemisphere.
	~ fiddlehead, matteuccia struthiopteris, onoclea struthiopteris, ostrich fern, pteretis struthiopteris, shuttlecock fern	tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes.
	~ hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, olfersia cervina, polybotria cervina, polybotrya cervina	tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya.
	~ bead fern, onoclea sensibilis, sensitive fern	beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes.
	~ canker brake, christmas fern, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern, polystichum acrostichoides	North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds.
	~ holly fern	any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly.
	~ leatherleaf fern, polystichum adiantiformis, rumohra adiantiformis, ten-day fern, leather fern	widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds.
	~ tectaria cicutaria, button fern	Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils.
	~ indian button fern, tectaria macrodonta	fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils.
	~ woodsia	any fern of the genus Woodsia.
	~ oleander fern, oleandra mollis, oleandra neriiformis	tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesia.
	~ sword fern	any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed.
	~ acrostichum aureum, leather fern, golden fern	stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides.
	~ maidenhair, maidenhair fern	any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds.
	~ annual fern, anogramma leptophylla, jersey fern	small short-lived fern of Central and South America.
	~ lip fern, lipfern	any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semiarid temperate or tropical regions.
	~ cheilanthes gracillima, lace fern	small tufted fern of northwestern America.
	~ bamboo fern, coniogramme japonica	fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern; cultivated for their attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds.
	~ rock brake	dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns.
	~ doryopteris pedata, hand fern	tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds.
	~ cliff-brake, cliff brake, rock brake	any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions.
	~ button fern, pellaea rotundifolia	fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets.
	~ pityrogramma argentea, silver fern	fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides.
	~ pityrogramma calomelanos, silver fern	tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides.
	~ golden fern, pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava	tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides.
	~ gold fern, pityrogramma chrysophylla	fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides.
	~ brake	any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants.
	~ pteris cretica	cultivated in many varieties as houseplants.
	~ pteris multifida, spider brake, spider fern	Asiatic fern introduced in America.
	~ pteris serrulata, ribbon fern, spider fern	fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands.
	~ marattia salicina, potato fern	large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people.
	~ dryopteris thelypteris, marsh fern, thelypteris palustris	fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions.
	~ christella	any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds.
	~ dryopteris oreopteris, mountain fern, oreopteris limbosperma	common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds.
	~ dryopteris noveboracensis, new york fern, parathelypteris novae-boracensis	slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris.
	~ massachusetts fern, parathelypteris simulata, thelypteris simulata	delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris.
	~ beech fern	any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds.

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