plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores

ferns

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

abounding in or covered with ferns

resembling ferns especially in leaf shape

Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb

any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves

any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks

any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters

New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea

ferns

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