Synset

any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
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fern

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ferny ferny

semantic pointers

hyponym

pecopteris filmy fern, film fern bristle fern, filmy fern flowering fern, osmund crape fern, Prince-of-Wales fern, Prince-of-Wales feather, Prince-of-Wales plume, Leptopteris superba, Todea superba crepe fern, king fern, Todea barbara curly grass, curly grass fern, Schizaea pusilla pine fern, Anemia adiantifolia climbing fern scented fern, Mohria caffrorum aquatic fern, water fern adder's tongue, adder's tongue fern grape fern flowering fern, Helminthostachys zeylanica giant scrambling fern, Diplopterygium longissimum umbrella fern, fan fern, Sticherus flabellatus, Gleichenia flabellata polypody bear's-paw fern, Aglaomorpha meyeniana strap fern basket fern, Drynaria rigidula lecanopteris snake polypody, Microgramma-piloselloides climbing bird's nest fern, Microsorium punctatum golden polypody, serpent fern, rabbit's-foot fern, Phlebodium aureum, Polypodium aureum staghorn fern felt fern, tongue fern, Pyrrosia lingua, Cyclophorus lingua potato fern, Solanopteris bifrons grass fern, ribbon fern, Vittaria lineata spleenwort bird's nest fern, Asplenium nidus hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium scale fern, scaly fern, Asplenium ceterach, Ceterach officinarum Schaffneria nigripes, Asplenium nigripes, Scolopendrium nigripes scolopendrium hard fern doodia, rasp fern chain fern tree fern davallia hay-scented, hay-scented fern, scented fern, boulder fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum bracken, Pteridium esculentum false bracken, Culcita dubia shield fern, buckler fern wood fern, wood-fern, woodfern lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina silvery spleenwort, glade fern, narrow-leaved spleenwort, Athyrium pycnocarpon, Diplazium pycnocarpon holly fern, Cyrtomium aculeatum, Polystichum aculeatum bladder fern silvery spleenwort, Deparia acrostichoides, Athyrium thelypteroides oak fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, Thelypteris dryopteris limestone fern, northern oak fern, Gymnocarpium robertianum ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Olfersia cervina, Polybotrya cervina, Polybotria cervina sensitive fern, bead fern, Onoclea sensibilis Christmas fern, canker brake, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern, Polystichum acrostichoides holly fern leather fern, leatherleaf fern, ten-day fern, Rumohra adiantiformis, Polystichum adiantiformis button fern, Tectaria cicutaria Indian button fern, Tectaria macrodonta woodsia oleander fern, Oleandra neriiformis, Oleandra mollis sword fern golden fern, leather fern, Acrostichum aureum maidenhair, maidenhair fern annual fern, Jersey fern, Anogramma leptophylla lip fern, lipfern lace fern, Cheilanthes gracillima bamboo fern, Coniogramme japonica rock brake hand fern, Doryopteris pedata cliff brake, cliff-brake, rock brake button fern, Pellaea rotundifolia silver fern, Pityrogramma argentea silver fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos golden fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava gold fern, Pityrogramma chrysophylla brake Pteris cretica spider brake, spider fern, Pteris multifida ribbon fern, spider fern, Pteris serrulata potato fern, Marattia salicina marsh fern, Thelypteris palustris, Dryopteris thelypteris christella mountain fern, Oreopteris limbosperma, Dryopteris oreopteris New York fern, Parathelypteris novae-boracensis, Dryopteris noveboracensis Massachusetts fern, Parathelypteris simulata, Thelypteris simulata beech fern

hypernym

pteridophyte, nonflowering plant

member holonym

Filicopsida, class Filicopsida, Filicinae, class Filicinae

part meronym

fern seed