CLIMBINGI See also:

• FERN (from O. Eng. fearn, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch varen, and Ger. Farn; the Indo-European root, seen in the Sanskrit parna, a feather, shows the primary meaning; cf. Gr. rmep6 , feather, rTepis, fern)

FERN  , the botanical genus Lygodium, with about twenty See also:

• SPECIES

species, chiefly in the warmer parts of the Old See also:

• WORLD

World, of See also:

• INTEREST

interest from its climbing See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit . The See also:

• PLANTS

plants have a creeping See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem, on the upper See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of which is See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne a See also:

• ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

row of leaves . Each See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf has a slender stem-like See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis, which twines See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round a support and bears leaflets at intervals; it goes on growing indefinitely . It is a favourite warm greenhouse plant .