Fern — definition

1. fern (Noun)

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

nonflowering plant pteridophyte Acrostichum aureum Aglaomorpha meyeniana Anemia adiantifolia Anogramma leptophylla Asplenium ceterach Asplenium nidus Asplenium nigripes Asplenium scolopendrium Athyrium filix-femina Athyrium pycnocarpon Athyrium thelypteroides Ceterach officinarum Cheilanthes gracillima Christmas fern Coniogramme japonica Culcita dubia Cyclophorus lingua Cyrtomium aculeatum Dennstaedtia punctilobula Deparia acrostichoides • • • fern seed Filicinae Filicopsida class Filicinae class Filicopsida