Definition of "fern" []

• Any of numerous flowerless, seedless vascular plants having roots, stems, and fronds and reproducing by spores. (noun)

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• "We have had only one fall of snow, and that a light one; but the fern is already lying on the ground, prostrate, as in spring."
• "The fern is going to respond to the fertilizer but it isn't going to understand biochemistry no matter how often I explain it."
• "(The monkey fern is a favorite even though it is a little creepy.)"