scale fern

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• scale fern — noun small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds • Syn: ↑scaly fern, ↑Asplenium ceterach, ↑Ceterach officinarum • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Member Holonyms: ↑Asplenium, ↑genus Aspl …   Useful english dictionary

• scale — 1. n. & v. n. 1 each of the small thin bony or horny overlapping plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles. 2 something resembling a fish scale, esp.: a a pod or husk. b a flake of skin; a scab. c a rudimentary leaf, feather, or bract. d… …   Useful english dictionary

• Fern ally — is a general term covering a somewhat diverse group of vascular plants that are not flowering plants and not true ferns. Like ferns, these plants disperse by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations. There were originally three… …   Wikipedia

• fern — fernless, adj. fernlike, adj. /ferrn/, n. any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a… …   Universalium

• Fern — /ferrn/, n. a female given name. * * * Any of about 10,000–12,000 species (division Filicophyta) of nonflowering vascular plants that have true roots, stems, and complex leaves and reproduce by spores. Though ferns were once classified with the… …   Universalium

• Fern — This article is about the group of pteridophyte plants. For other uses, see Fern (disambiguation). Ferns (Pteridophyta) Temporal range: Mid Devonian[1] Recent …   Wikipedia

• fern scale — noun : a tropical armored scale (Pinnaspis aspidistrae) common on potted ferns and in greenhouses …   Useful english dictionary

• scaly fern — noun small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds • Syn: ↑scale fern, ↑Asplenium ceterach, ↑Ceterach officinarum • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Member Holonyms: ↑Asplenium, ↑genus Aspl …   Useful english dictionary

• finger fern — noun 1. : scale fern 2. : any fern of the genus Asplenium 3. : hart s tongue 1 …   Useful english dictionary

• golden-scale male fern — žvynuotasis papartis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Papartinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Dryopteris affinis), paplitęs pietvakarių Azijoje ir pietų Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Dryopteris affinis angl. golden scale male fern; scaly male …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• Wood fern — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English