As a proper noun fern
is (female) from the fern plant.
As an initialism ern is
nakfa, the currency used in eritrea.
fern
English
Noun
(
en noun)
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.
Synonyms
* (Pteridophyta) (archaic)
Derived terms
* (hydrozoan skeletons)
* (in genus Asparagus )
* )
* ferny
* male fern
* (in genus Comptonia )
* tree fern
See also
* bracken
Anagrams
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ern
English
Etymology 1
Alteration of (erne)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) ernen, from (etyl) irnan, . More at (l).
Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)
Verb
(
en verb)
To run; flow.
To (cause to) coagulate; curdle (milk) by adding rennet and applying heat.
Etymology 3
Of obscure origin. Perhaps an alteration of erme, from (etyl) ermen, from (etyl) yrman, ierman. Compare also Old Scots urn, uren. More at (l).
Verb
(
en verb)
(obsolete) To stir with strong emotion; grieve; mourn.
To pain; torture.
(of the eyes) To cause to water; smart.
Related terms
* erme
Anagrams
*
*
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