fern

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see also: Fern

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /fɜːn/
• (America) IPA: /fɝn/

Noun

fern (plural ferns)

1. Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

Synonyms

• (Pteridophyta) Filicophyta (archaic)

Translations

• French: fougère
• German: Farn, Farnkraut
• Italian: felce
• Portuguese: samambaia, feto
• Russian: па́поротник
• Spanish: helecho, helez

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Fern

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /fɜːn/
• (America) IPA: /fɝːn/

Proper noun

1. A female given name from the fern plant.
   • 1952, E. B. White, Charlotte's Web

     "Charlotte is the best storyteller I ever heard," said Fern, poking her dish towel into a cereal bowl.

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