Fern vs Thicket - What's the difference?
fern | thicket |
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.
A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
(figuratively) A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
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As nouns the difference between fern and thicket
is that fern is 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 while thicket is a dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.As a proper noun Fern
is {{given name|female}} from the fern plant.fern
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(en noun)Synonyms
* (Pteridophyta) (archaic)Derived terms
* (hydrozoan skeletons) * (in genus Asparagus ) * ) * ferny * male fern * (in genus Comptonia ) * tree fernSee also
* brackenExternal links
* ("fern" on Wikipedia)Anagrams
* ----thicket
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(en noun)Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}