fern
Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the…Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
» They say that ferns can have flowers.
Говорят, у папоротника бывают цветы.
Кажуть, у папороті бувають квіти.
Meaning
2 sensesAny of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
Farn, Farnkraut
па́поротникpáporotnik
па́поротьpáporotʹ
(broadly)A light green color inspired by the color of ferns.
- any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
Examples
19 sentencesThey say that ferns can have flowers.
Кажуть, у папороті бувають квіти.
ruГоворят, у папоротника бывают цветы.
Ziri hiked up through the ferns.
They hiked up through the ferns.
Pareiasaurs crashed through vast conifer and fern forests.
Many ferns are known for their large green leaves.
ruМногие папоротники известны своими большими зелёными листьями.
deViele Farne sind für ihre großen, grünen Blätter bekannt.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fern, from Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from ProFrom Middle English fern, from Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Germanic *farnaz (“fern”), from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”).
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