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 (from O. Eng. fearn, a word See also:

• COMMON

common to See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf. Dutch varen, and Ger. Farn; the Indo-See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root, seen in the See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit parna, a See also:

• FEATHER (0. Eng. (ether, Ger. Feder, from an Indo-European root seen also in Gr. lrrepov, and aEreo-Oat, to fly)

feather, shows the See also:

• PRIMARY

primary meaning; cf. Gr. rmep6 , feather, rTepis, fern) , a name often used to denote the whole botanical class of Pteridophytes, including both the true ferns, Filicales, by far the largest See also:

• GROUP

group of this class in the existing See also:

• FLORA

flora, and the 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-like See also:

• PLANTS

plants, Equisetales, Sphenophyllales, Lycopodiales (see See also:

• PTERIDOPHYTA (Gr. 1ripts, fern, and d,vrde plant)

PTERIDOPHYTA) .