WordNet: fern
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
- hypernym nonflowering plant, pteridophyte
- hyponym pecopteris
- hyponym film fern, filmy fern
- hyponym bristle fern, filmy fern
- hyponym flowering fern, osmund
- hyponym Anemia adiantifolia, pine fern
- hyponym climbing fern
- hyponym Mohria caffrorum, scented fern
- hyponym aquatic fern, water fern
- hyponym grape fern
- hyponym polypody
- hyponym strap fern
- hyponym Drynaria rigidula, basket fern
- hyponym lecanopteris
- hyponym staghorn fern
- hyponym spleenwort
- hyponym scolopendrium
- hyponym hard fern
- hyponym doodia, rasp fern
- hyponym chain fern
- hyponym tree fern
- hyponym davallia
- hyponym Pteridium esculentum, bracken
- hyponym Culcita dubia, false bracken
- hyponym buckler fern, shield fern
- hyponym wood-fern, wood fern, woodfern
- hyponym Athyrium filix-femina, lady fern
- hyponym bladder fern
- hyponym holly fern
- hyponym Polystichum adiantiformis, Rumohra adiantiformis, leather fern, leatherleaf fern, ten-day fern
- hyponym Tectaria cicutaria, button fern
- hyponym woodsia
- hyponym sword fern
- hyponym maidenhair, maidenhair fern
- hyponym lip fern, lipfern
- hyponym rock brake
- hyponym Doryopteris pedata, hand fern
- hyponym brake
- hyponym Pteris cretica
- hyponym Marattia salicina, potato fern
- hyponym christella
- hyponym beech fern
- member holonym Filicinae, Filicopsida, class Filicinae, class Filicopsida
fern
- (englanti) ferny (derivationally related)