A female given name. / A topographic surname.

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.

Covered in ferns.

plural of fern

A characteristic fern-like pattern on a slide viewed under low power on a microscope, used as a sign when testing for ovulation or the presence of amniotic fluid.

plural of Fern

Dryopteris filix-mas, from which is derived a vermifuge preparation.

A coarse fern, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, found primarily in wet areas.

An evergreen fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) of eastern North America.

Many species of ferns in genus Dryopteris.