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Fern. Unlawfully and maliciously setting fire to growing fern or a stack of fern is a felony. See (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 97), ss. 16, 17....
crape fern
a fern of New Zealand Leptopteris superba with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks sometimes included in genus Todea...
ferned
abounding in or covered with ferns...
Hares foot fern
A species of fern Davallia Canariensis with a soft gray hairy rootstock whence the name...
male fern
A fern of North America and Europe Dryopteris filix mas whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms It is a member of the woodfern genus...
Sea fern
Any gorgonian which branches like a fern...
Osmund
A fern of the genus Osmunda or flowering fern The most remarkable species is the osmund royal or royal fern Osmunda regalis which grows in wet or boggy places and has large bipinnate fronds often with a panicle of capsules at the top The rootstock contains much starch and has been used in stiffening linen...
fernless
devoid of ferns Opposite of ferned...
Filiciform
Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf...
Marattiaceae
The natural family of ferns coextensive with the order Marattiales consisting of chiefly tropical eusporantiate ferns with gigantic fronds...
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