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Noun: fern  furn
  1. Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores

Sounds like: foehn

Derived forms: ferns

See also: ferny

Type of: nonflowering plant, pteridophyte

Part of: class Filicinae, class Filicopsida, Filicinae, Filicopsida

Encyclopedia: Fern, Buckinghamshire Fern Fern, Wisconsin Fern, WI