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fern
fern [ furn ] (plural ferns or fern)


noun 
Definition:
 
plant without flowers: a plant that has roots, stems, and fronds, but no flowers, and reproduces by means of spores. Order Filicales.
[ Old English fearn< Indo-European]

fern·y adjective
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