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Fern

Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology | 2001 | Copyright

Fern

Many occult beliefs have adhered to the common fern. In ancient times the fern was thought not to have seed. Later on, people thought that the seed was invisible, and if a man could find this invisible seed, it would confer the power of invisibility upon him. The fern was also believed to flower at midnight on St. John's Eve, one of the more magical days of the year in medieval Europe. Legend said that anyone who gained possession of the flower would be protected from all evil influences and would obtain a revelation of hidden treasure.
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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

fern Non-flowering plant. Ferns grow mainly in warm, moist areas; there are c.10,000 species. The best-known genus Pteridium (bracken) grows on moorland and in open woodland. Ferns are characterized by two generations: the conspicuous sporophyte, which possesses leafy fronds, stems, rhizomes and roots, and reproduces by minute spores usually clustered on the leaves; and the inconspicuous gametophyte, which resembles moss and produces sperm and ova. Phylum Filicinophyta. See also alternation of generations
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A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Fern ♀ From the vocabulary word denoting the plant (Old English fearn). Modern use of this word as a given name dates from the 19th century, when it is also recorded occasionally as a boy's name in the United States. In some instances the given name may be a transferred use of the surname derived in the medieval period from the vocabulary word.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

fern OE. fearn = MDu. væren (Du. varen), OHG. (G.) farn :- WGmc. *farna :- IE. *porno-, whence Skr. parṇá- wing, feather, leaf; rel. further to Lith. papártis, Russ. páporotnik, (O)Ir. raith (:- *pratis). The prim. meaning is doubtless ‘feathery leaf’; cf. also Gr. pterón feather, pteris fern.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

fern / fərn/ • n. (pl. same or ferns ) a flowerless plant (class Filicopsida, division Pteridophyta) that has feathery or leafy fronds and reproduces by spores released from the undersides of the fronds. DERIVATIVES: fern·y adj.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Fern Ang. ‘(Place of) alders’. Gaelic fearn.
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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Ferns (Fearna) Wexford. ‘Place of alders’.
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Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms | 1985 | Copyright

Fern

a huge quantity or number, 1300.
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A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | Copyright

ferns See Filicinophyta.
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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

ferns See PTEROPSIDA.
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

fern See FILICOPSIDA.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

fern •adjourn, astern, Berne, burn, churn, concern, discern, earn, fern, fohn, kern, learn, Lucerne, quern, Sauternes, spurn, stern, Sterne, tern, terne, Traherne, turn, urn, Verne, yearn •Bayern • Blackburn • heartburn •Hepburn • Raeburn • Swinburne •Gisborne, Lisburn •sideburn • sunburn • Bannockburn •lady-fern • Vättern • extern •cittern, gittern •Comintern • taciturn •nocturn, nocturne •U-turn • upturn

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