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fern

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I regularly foraged for weeds, ferns, mushrooms when I was a child.

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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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noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fern.

noun

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

Example sentences

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I regularly foraged for weeds, ferns, mushrooms when I was a child.

2

You are right!I was told once asparagus is a fern and always believed it.

3

In our backyard, there are many weeds that look edible. I have tried only two, dandelion and a kind of fern.

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There are several fern species which are younger than humans, and several salamander species, and thousands of other extant species.

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My theory is that organisms stumble into stuff like the Fibonacci sequence or that fern fractal because they are likely to and because they work well enough for whatever purpose.

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How do you use fern in a sentence?

I regularly foraged for weeds, ferns, mushrooms when I was a child.

What does fern mean?

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

What part of speech is fern?

fern is commonly used as noun.