climbing ferns
plural of climbing fern

cloak fern
Any of the ferns of the genus Notholaena.

common horsetail
A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum arvense.

common polypody
Polypodium vulgare, native to western Europe and northern Africa.
Polypodium virginianum, native to North America.

duckweed fern
Any of various species of aquatic fern in the genus Azolla.

dunewort
A common name for the fern Botrychium campestre.

dwarf horsetail
A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum scirpoides.

ebony spleenwort
Any of species Asplenium platyneuron of ferns.

equiseta
plural of equisetum

equisetum
A horsetail (plant of genus Equisetum)

equisetums
plural of equisetum

evergreen wood fern
Any of two common species of fern native to cool-temperate eastern North America that remain green for much of the year
Any of two common species of fern native to cool-temperate eastern North America that remain green for much of the year

fern
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.

fernallies
plural of fernally

fernally
Alternative form of fern ally.

ferns
plural of fern

field horsetail
A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum arvense.

filmy fern
Any of the ferns in the subfamily Hymenophylloideae, so named for their thin, membranous fronds,
Any of the ferns in the subfamily Hymenophylloideae, so named for their thin, membranous fronds,

filmy ferns
plural of filmy fern

gaga
Mentally senile.
Crazy.
Infatuated.

gleichenia
A fern of the genus Gleichenia.

gleichenias
plural of gleichenia.

great horsetail
A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum telmateia.

hard fern
Any member of the species of genus Blechnum of ferns in the family Blechnaceae.

hare's-foot fern
A rabbit's-foot fern. (Davallia spp.)
A rabbit's-foot fern. (Davallia spp.)

hay-scented fern
Any fern of genus Dennstaetia, of many warm temperate to tropical regions, especially
Any fern of genus Dennstaetia, of many warm temperate to tropical regions, especially:
A hay-scented buckler-fern, of species Dryopteris aemula, native to western Europe and Macaronesia.

hiya
An informal greeting, hi, hello.

horsetail
A tail of a horse.
Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.
A Turkish standard denoting rank.
A mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris.
Any waterfall, the descending water of which maintains contact with bedrock most of the time.
cauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers.
A ponytail hairstyle.

horsetails
plural of horsetail

king fern
A fern of species Ptisana salicina, native to Norfolk Island, New Zealand, and the South Pacific.
A fern of species Todea barbara, native to southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

kolokolo
A kind of string made from coconut fiber, used in Tuvalu.

lady fern
Any of several species of fern of delicate appearance:
Any of several species of fern of delicate appearance:
Any of several species of fern of delicate appearance:

lady ferns
plural of lady fern

ladyfern
Alternative form of lady fern.

ladyferns
plural of ladyfern

leatherleaf fern
Any of several ferns with thick fronds:
Any of several ferns with thick fronds:
Any of several ferns with thick fronds:

lemma
A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.

lemmas
plural of lemma

lemmata
plural of lemma

lip fern
A saxatile fern of the genus Cheilanthes, or related genera such as Myriopteris and Gaga, also in subfamily Cheilanthoideae.

lipfern
Alternative form of lip fern.

lipferns
plural of lipfern

lomaria
A fern of the genus Lomaria.

lomarias
plural of lomaria.

lygodium
Any of the genus Lygodium of climbing ferns.

lygodiums
plural of lygodium

maidenhair
A woman's pubic hair.
Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris.
Either of two ericaceous plants, the creeping snowberry or the checkerberry.

maidenhair fern
Maidenhair (Adiantum spp.).

maidenhair ferns
plural of maidenhair fern

maidenhair spleenwort
The small fern Asplenium trichomanes.

maidenhairs
plural of maidenhair

male fern
Dryopteris filix-mas, of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, from which is derived a vermifuge preparation.
Any member of any of the species of genus Dryopteris.

marsh horsetail
A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum of horsetails (Equisetum palustre).

marsilea
Any of the genus Marsilea of aquatic ferns (water clover).

marsileas
plural of marsilea

meadow horsetail
A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum pratense.

monogramme
Obsolete spelling of monogram.

monogrammes
plural of monogramme

moonwort
A small fern, Botrychium lunaria (lesser moonwort); later, any member of the genus.
Lunaria annua (greater moonwort); also known as honesty and annual honesty.

moonworts
plural of moonwort

moosewort
A name for Botrychium tunux.

mosquito fern
Any in the genus Azolla of aquatic ferns.

mountain parsley
Pseudocymopterus montanus, a perennial herb of the Western US and Mexico.

myolemma
sarcolemma

myolemmata
plural of myolemma

nardoo
Marsilea drummondii, a four-leaved aquatic fern native to Australia the sporocarps of which are processed for food.

nardoos
plural of nardoo

netted chain fern
Alternative form of netted chainfern.

netted chainfern
Woodwardia areolata, a fern native to eastern North America, favoring moist, sandy, acidic soils.

ngardu
Alternative form of nardoo.

nonlemma
Alternative spelling of non-lemma.

nonlemmas
plural of nonlemma

northern lady fern
Any member of species Athyrium angustum, native to the temperate northern hemisphere.

northern maidenhair
Adiantum pedatum, a fern native to temperate and cool eastern North America.

oak fern
A fern of genus Gymnocarpium (syn. Thelypteris) which grows on trees, especially Gymnocarpium dryopteris.
A bat's wing fern (Histiopteris incisa)
Synonym of common polypody (Polypodium vulgare), a fern formerly thought to have medicinal properties when found growing on an oak.

onychium
A little claw.

osmund
Alternative form of osmunda (“type of fern”).

osmunda
A fern of the genus Osmunda, especially the royal fern, Osmunda regalis.

osmundas
plural of osmunda

osmunds
plural of osmund

ostrich fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.

palapalai
The fern Microlepia strigosa.

parareka
Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”).

paronychium
perionychium

parsley fern
Cryptogramma crispa, an Arctic–alpine species of fern.

parsley ferns
plural of parsley fern

pewterwort
Equisetum arvense, the field horsetail or common horsetail.

phacolysis
The destruction and removal of the lens of the eye.

polypodies
plural of polypody

polypody
Any of many ferns of the genus Polypodium, especially common polypody.

ponga
A medium-sized tree fern endemic to New Zealand, of species Alsophila tricolor (syns .Alsophila dealbata, Cyathea dealbata et al.).

pongas
plural of ponga

pteridium
A fern of the genus Pteridium.

pteridiums
plural of pteridium.

pterioids
plural of pterioid