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Definition of fern
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of fern is as below...
Fern (n.) 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..
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Mulewort
::
Mulewort
(n.) A fern of the genus
Hemionitis.
Pedicel
::
Pedicel
(n.) A
slender
support
of any
special
organ,
as that of a
capsule
in
mosses,
an air
vesicle
in
algae,
or a
sporangium
in
ferns..
Megaphyton
::
Megaphyton
(n.) An
extinct
genus of tree ferns with
large,
two-ranked
leaves,
or
fronds..
Cerberus
::
Cerberus
(n.) A
monster,
in the shape of a
three-headed
dog,
guarding
the
entrance
into the
infernal
regions,
Hence:
Any
vigilant
custodian
or
guardian,
esp. if
surly..
Rhachis
::
Rhachis
(n.) The
continued
stem or
midrib
of a
pinnately
compound
leaf, as in a rose leaf or a
fern..
Ferny
::
Ferny (a.)
Abounding
in
ferns.
Hellbroth
::
Hellbroth
(n.) A
composition
for
infernal
purposes;
a
magical
preparation.
Bracken
::
Bracken
(n.) A brake or fern.
Filical
::
Filical
(a.)
Belonging
to the
Filices,
r
ferns..
Satanical
::
Satanical
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Satan;
having
the
qualities
of
Satan;
resembling
Satan;
extremely
malicious
or
wicked;
devilish;
infernal.
Frond
::
Frond (n.) The organ
formed
by the
combination
or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often
bearing
the
fructification;
as, the frond of a fern or of a
lichen
or
seaweed;
also, the
peculiar
leaf of a palm
tree..
Goatsucker
::
Goatsucker
(n.) One of
several
species
of
insectivorous
birds,
belonging
to
Caprimulgus
and
allied
genera,
esp. the
European
species
(Caprimulgus
Europaeus);
-- so
called
from the
mistaken
notion
that it sucks
goats.
The
European
species
is also
goat-milker,
goat owl, goat
chaffer,
fern owl, night hawk,
nightjar,
night
churr,
churr-owl,
gnat hawk, and
dorhawk..
Involucre
::
Involucre
(n.) A
continuous
marginal
covering
of
sporangia,
in
certain
ferns,
as in the
common
brake,
or the
cup-shaped
processes
of the filmy
ferns..
Hart-tongue
::
Hart-tongue
(n.) A West
Indian
fern, the
Polypodium
Phyllitidis
of
Linnaeus.
It is also found in
Florida..
Polypodium
::
Polypodium
(n.) A genus of
plants
of the order
Filices
or
ferns.
The
fructifications
are in
uncovered
roundish
points,
called
sori,
scattered
over the
inferior
surface
of the frond or leaf. There are
numerous
species..
Catadromous
::
Catadromous
(a.)
Having
the
lowest
inferior
segment
of a pinna
nearer
the
rachis
than the
lowest
superior
one; -- said of a mode of
branching
in
ferns,
and
opposed
to
anadromous..
Trichomanes
::
Trichomanes
(n.) Any fern of the genus
Trichomanes.
The
fronds
are very
delicate
and often
translucent,
and the
sporangia
are borne on
threadlike
receptacles
rising
from the
middle
of
cup-shaped
marginal
involucres.
Several
species
are
common
in
conservatories;
two are
native
in the
United
States..
Trichome
::
Trichome
(n.) A hair on the
surface
of leaf or stem, or any
modification
of a hair, as a
minute
scale,
or star, or
gland.
The
sporangia
of ferns are
believed
to be of the
nature
of
trichomes..
Maidenhair
::
Maidenhair
(n.) A fern of the genus
Adiantum
(A.
pedatum),
having
very
slender
graceful
stalks.
It is
common
in the
United
States,
and is
sometimes
used in
medicine.
The name is also
applied
to other
species
of the same
genus,
as to the
Venus-hair..
Sea Fern
::
Sea fern () Any
gorgonian
which
branches
like a fern.
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