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Fern seed   /fərn sid/   Listen
Fern seed

noun
1.
The asexual spore of ferns that resembles dust; once thought to be seeds and to make the possessor invisible.





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"Fern seed" Quotes from Famous Books



... North American ferns. In a cross section of the mature stipe superstition sees "the devil's hoof" and "King Charles in the oak," and any one may see or think he sees the outlines of an oak tree. It was the bracken, or eagle fern, as some call it, which was supposed to bear the mysterious "fern seed," but only on midsummer eve ...
— The Fern Lover's Companion - A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada • George Henry Tilton


Words linked to "Fern seed" :   fern, spore


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