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fern

fern \'f*rn\ \'f*rn-.li-k\ \'f*r-ne-\ n [ME, fr. OE fearn; akin to OHG farn 
   fern, Skt parna wing, lea]f : any of numerous flowerless seedless plants 
   constituting a class (Felicin eae) of lower vascular plants; esp : any of 
   an order (Filicales) resembling seed plants in being differentiated into 
   root, stem, and leaflike fronds and in having vascular tissue but differing 
   in reproducing by spores - fern.like aj