Fern word meaning and definition
Beside meaning and definition for word "fern", on this page you can find other interesting information too, like synonyms or related words. On bottom of the page we have fun area, like tarot cards, numerology for these Four characters, how to write "fern" with bar codes or hand signs and more.. Table of Contents:
|
• Letter statistic • Hand signs, morse code • Tarot cards, numerology • Other fun |
Do you like word(s) »fern«? |  |
Meaning and definition for "fern" word
\Fern\, a. [AS. fyrn.] Ancient; old. [Obs.] ``Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes.'' [saints]. --Chaucer.
\Fern\, n. [AS. fearn; akin to D. varen, G. farn, farnkraut; cf. Skr. par[.n]a wing, feather, leaf, sort of plant, or Lith. papartis fern.] (Bot.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the {Filices}, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size. Note: The plants are asexual, and bear clustered sporangia, containing minute spores, which germinate and form prothalli, on which are borne the true organs of reproduction. The brake or bracken, the maidenhair, and the polypody are all well known ferns. {Christmas fern}. See under {Christmas}. {Climbing fern} (Bot.), a delicate North American fern ({Lygodium palmatum}), which climbs several feet high over bushes, etc., and is much sought for purposes of decoration. {Fern owl}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European goatsucker.
(b) The short-eared owl. [Prov. Eng.] -- {Fern shaw}, a fern thicket. [Eng.] --R. Browning.
See also: boulder fern | brake | bristle fern | buckler fern | crape fern | curly grass fern | doodia | false bracken | felt fern | film fern | flowering fern | holly fern | lady fern | Leptopteris superba | nonflowering plant | northern oak fern | polypody | potato fern | scale fern | Schaffneria nigripes | Scolopendrium nigripes | shield fern | Solanopteris bifrons | Todea barbara | Vittaria lineata |
Related terms: algae, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, calamite, Calamites, climber, conferva, confervoid, creeper, Cycadofilicales, diatom, equisetum, Filicales, filicoids, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fungus, grapevine, green algae, gulfweed, herb, heterophyte, ivy, kelp, legume, lentil, lepidodendrids, lepidodendroids, liana, lichen, liverwort, mold, moss, mushroom, parasite, parasitic plant, pea, perthophyte, phytoplankton, planktonic algae, plant families, puffball, pulse, red algae, rockweed, rust, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum, sea lentil, sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, Selaginellaceae, Sigillaria, smut, succulent, toadstool, vetch, vine, wort, wrack
The fun area, different aproach to word »fern«
Let's analyse "fern" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: NREF. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
- |
Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
fern: 5 = 5, reduced: 5 . and the final result is Five. |
|
Search internet for "fern"
> Search images |
Tarot cards
Page generated in 0.0093 seconds.