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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfougère
Pronunciation / Transliteration: foo-zher
"Le jardin était rempli de fougères luxuriantes."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A type of plant that has feathery or leafy fronds and reproduces by spores rather than seeds.
"The garden was filled with lush ferns that thrived in the shade." - 2
Any of various plants of the order Polypodiales, typically characterized by their distinctive leaf structure.
"She collected different species of ferns during her hike in the forest."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'fern' originates from the Old English 'fearn', which is derived from Proto-Germanic '*farnō'. The term has been used since the early medieval period to describe a group of non-flowering vascular plants that reproduce via spores.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fern" is said worldwide
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fougère
Transliteration: foo-zher
"Le jardin était rempli de fougères luxuriantes."
Farn
Transliteration: farn
"Der Wald war voller Farne."
felce
Transliteration: fel-che
"Il giardino era pieno di felci verdi."
helecho
Transliteration: e-leh-cho
"El jardín estaba lleno de helechos."
samambaia
Transliteration: sa-man-bah-ee-ah
"O jardim estava repleto de samambaias verdes."
फर्न
Transliteration: farn
"बगीचे में कई प्रकार के फर्न हैं।"
蕨类植物
Transliteration: jué lèi zhí wù
"花园里有很多蕨类植物。"
양치식물
Transliteration: yangchi sigmul
"정원에는 많은 양치식물이 있습니다."
シダ
Transliteration: shida
"庭にはたくさんのシダがあります。"
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