fern
(fɜːʳn )
Word forms: ferns
variable noun
A fern is a plant that has long stems with feathery leaves and no flowers. There are many types of fern.
Some other ferns still have a good deal of life in them.
Image of fern
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Collocations:
fern frond
Subsequent awards of the medal will be depicted by bars made of silver and silver-gilt bearing a single fern frond.
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The arms carry many thin feeding branches (or pinnae, like a fern frond).
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A mulch of fallen leaves or fern fronds would not come amiss.
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All those fern fronds pulling together towards the light?
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We learnt about rock formations and beetles, fern fronds and fossils.
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Translations:
Chinese: 蕨
Japanese: シダ
- picketing
- picket line
- pick flowers
- pick fruit
- pick grapes
- pick holes
- pick holes in something
- pickings
- pickle
- pickled
- pickled cucumber
- pickled egg
- pickled fish
- pickled ginger
- pickled herring
- pickled vegetable
- pickle jar
- pickling
- pick-me-up
- pick mushrooms
- pick nits
- pick 'n' mix
- pick off
- pick on
- pick one's way