English words for 'Fern-like.'
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noun
- ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
- Hart's tongue (fern) (Asplenium scolopendrium, syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium).
- Any of several ferns in the genus Ophioglossum, whose spores are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.
- A lily in the genus Erythronium, other common names of which include fawn lily, trout lily and dog's tooth violet.
- (Chester) early-purple orchid, early spring orchis Orchis mascula
noun
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
- (uncountable) An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.
- (uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
noun
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
- a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
- anything that slows or hinders a process
- an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
- That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
- A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.ᵂ
- (textiles) A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
- (chiefly nautical) The handle of a pump.
- A baker’s kneading trough.
- (military) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
- An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
- Bracken (Pteridium spp.).
- (now historical) A type of torture instrument.
- A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
- (agriculture) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods of earth after ploughing; a drag.
- (figuratively) Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
- A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
- (engineering) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
- A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
- A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing it.
- A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.ᵂ
- Any fern in the genus Pteris.
- The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle
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noun
noun
- any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
- Some ferns in the genus Polystichum which look like the typical Nephrolepis sword ferns.
- Any fern in the genus Nephrolepis, typically with long, straight-sided fronds shaped like a two-edged sword, and widely grown as houseplants.
noun
- a fernlike plant native to South Africa
- Asparagus virgatus, of tropical and southern Africa.
- Asparagus setaceus (syn. Asparagus plumosus, emerald asparagus fern), of tropical and southern Africa.
- Asparagus aethiopicus (emerald-feather, emerald-fern, sprengeris-fern, Sprenger's-fern, emerald-fern), of southern Africa.
- Asparagus densiflorus (Sprenger's asparagus fern), of southern Africa.
noun
- ferns that grow in water
- Austroblechnum lanceolatum (syn. Blechnum chambersii; lance water fern)
- Austroblechnum patersonii (syn. Blechnum patersonii; strap water fern)
- Lomaria nuda (syn. Blechnum nudum; fishbone water fern)
- Parablechnum wattsii (syn. Blechnum wattsii) (hard water fern)
- Austroblechnum penna-marina (syn. Blechnum penna-marina; alpine water fern)
- Telmatoblechnum indicum (syn. Blechnum indicum; swamp water fern)
- Bolbitis heudelotii (African water fern)
- Cranfillia fluviatilis (syn. Blechnum fluviatile; ray water fern)
- Salvinia molesta (giant water fern)
- Osmunda regalis (royal fern)
- Azolla filiculoides (Pacific mosquitofern)
- Histiopteris incisa (bat's wing fern, oak fern)
- Oceaniopteris cartilaginea (syn. Blechnum cartilagineum; soft water fern)
- Salviniales, an order of aquatic ferns
- Regnellidium diphyllum (two-leaf water fern)
noun
noun
- ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
- Hart's tongue (fern) (Asplenium scolopendrium, syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium).
- Any of several ferns in the genus Ophioglossum, whose spores are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.
- A lily in the genus Erythronium, other common names of which include fawn lily, trout lily and dog's tooth violet.
- (Chester) early-purple orchid, early spring orchis Orchis mascula
noun
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
- (uncountable) An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.
- (uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
noun
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
- a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
- anything that slows or hinders a process
- an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
- That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
- A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.ᵂ
- (textiles) A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
- (chiefly nautical) The handle of a pump.
- A baker’s kneading trough.
- (military) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
- An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
- Bracken (Pteridium spp.).
- (now historical) A type of torture instrument.
- A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
- (agriculture) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods of earth after ploughing; a drag.
- (figuratively) Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
- A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
- (engineering) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
- A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
- A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing it.
- A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.ᵂ
- Any fern in the genus Pteris.
- The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle
verb
noun
noun
- any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
- Some ferns in the genus Polystichum which look like the typical Nephrolepis sword ferns.
- Any fern in the genus Nephrolepis, typically with long, straight-sided fronds shaped like a two-edged sword, and widely grown as houseplants.
noun
- a fernlike plant native to South Africa
- Asparagus virgatus, of tropical and southern Africa.
- Asparagus setaceus (syn. Asparagus plumosus, emerald asparagus fern), of tropical and southern Africa.
- Asparagus aethiopicus (emerald-feather, emerald-fern, sprengeris-fern, Sprenger's-fern, emerald-fern), of southern Africa.
- Asparagus densiflorus (Sprenger's asparagus fern), of southern Africa.
noun
- ferns that grow in water
- Austroblechnum lanceolatum (syn. Blechnum chambersii; lance water fern)
- Austroblechnum patersonii (syn. Blechnum patersonii; strap water fern)
- Lomaria nuda (syn. Blechnum nudum; fishbone water fern)
- Parablechnum wattsii (syn. Blechnum wattsii) (hard water fern)
- Austroblechnum penna-marina (syn. Blechnum penna-marina; alpine water fern)
- Telmatoblechnum indicum (syn. Blechnum indicum; swamp water fern)
- Bolbitis heudelotii (African water fern)
- Cranfillia fluviatilis (syn. Blechnum fluviatile; ray water fern)
- Salvinia molesta (giant water fern)
- Osmunda regalis (royal fern)
- Azolla filiculoides (Pacific mosquitofern)
- Histiopteris incisa (bat's wing fern, oak fern)
- Oceaniopteris cartilaginea (syn. Blechnum cartilagineum; soft water fern)
- Salviniales, an order of aquatic ferns
- Regnellidium diphyllum (two-leaf water fern)
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