noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fearn; akin to Old High German farn fern, Sanskrit parṇa wing, leaf Date: before 12th century any of a division (Filicophyta) or class (Filicopsida) of flowerless spore-producing vascular plants having alternating sporophyte and gametophyte generations, fernlike adjective ferny adjective
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