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Etymology
Old English fearn

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/f��n/
italbrac|US IPA|/f��n/
audio|en-us-fern.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��(r)n

Noun
fern

1. Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the Division Pteridophyta (formerly known by some as Filicophyta) that lacks seeds and reproduces by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

Derived terms
ferny

Translations

Finnish: saniainen
Italian: felce f
Portuguese: samambaia f
mid
Russian: t|ru|папо�о�ник|m|tr=páporotnik
Serbian: paprat
Spanish: helecho m

German

Etymology
Old High German ferrana

Adjective
fern

1. far away

Related terms
Ferne
Fernsicht
Fernsehen
Fernweh
fern liegen ("das liegt mir fern")

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