fern

1. 1.

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

   Broaderpteridophyte

   Narrowerpecopterisfilmy fernbristle fernflowering ferncrape ferncrepe ferncurly grasspine fernclimbing fernscented fern

   Part ofFilicopsida

   Partsfern seed

Other forms of fern

plural

ferns·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fern

What does fern mean?

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

How many syllables are in fern?

fern has 1 syllable: fern. In IPA it is /ˈfɝn/.

Is fern a common word?

fern is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.