Clues for the word "FERN"
We've had 145 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 371 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on September 18, 2026.
Definition of fern
- adv. - Long ago.
- a. - Ancient; old. [Obs.] "Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes." [saints].
- n. - An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size.
Referring Clues
- Fossil impression
- Terrarium plant
- Forest growth
- Plant with a frond
- Bit of greenery
- Forest plant
- Bracken, for one
- Adder's-tongue, e.g.
- Plant with fiddleheads
- Popular house gift
- Woods plant
- See 103-Across
- Spore producer
- Spore source
- Adder's-tongue or Venus's-hair
- Common green house gift
- Fronded plant
- Bit of green in a floral display
- Pteridologist's specimen
- Nonflowering plant
- Maidenhair, for one
- Hotel lobby plant
- Johnny Carson character Art
- Flowerless decorative plant
- Plant that reproduces by spores
- Fiddlehead, for one
- Flowerless plant
- Green in a vase, perhaps
- Plant with fronds
- "Charlotte's Web" girl
- Common office plant
- Crayola color since 1998
- Dakota Fanning's role in "Charlotte's Web"
- Green Crayola color
- Seedless plant
- Certain cryptogam
- Girl in "Charlotte's Web"
- Everglades plant
- Spore-producing plant
- Bit of a florist's greenery
- Popular office plant
- Frond bearer
- Florist's staple
- Frond-bearing plant
- Office plant
- Feathery plant
- Common office decoration
- Bouquet extra
- Plant with triangular fronds
- Terrarium plant, perhaps
- Non-flowering plant
- Maidenhair, e.g.
- "Where the Red ___ Grows"
- Potted plant
- Seedless bit of flora
- Lobby plant
- Best-selling romance author Michaels
- Rainforest plant
- Boring, drab plant
- Decorative plant
- Water-loving houseplant
- Bouquet greenery
- Common houseplant
- Popular houseplant
- Boston is one variety
- Shedder of spores
- Common house plant
- Seedless flora
- Bouquet beautifier
- Forest floor flora
- Bit of office greenery
- Dylan Thomas poem ___ Hill
- Flowerless, seedless plant
- Planter plant
- Ancient plant
- Leaves in a waiting room?
- Flowerless office plant
- Lacy plant
- Fronded bit of flora
- Fiddlehead, e.g.
- Frond producer
- Rain forest plant
- Venus's hair, e.g.
- House plant
- Item by many a reception desk
- Plant with spores
- Shade of green
- Bouquet decoration
- Seedless, flowerless plant
- Moonwort, for one
- Boston ___
- Leafy plant
- Certain spore, later
- Plant in a 1970s bar
- Flowerless house plant
- Houseplant with fronds
- Iron and Wine "Resurrection ___"
- Flowerless plant with feathery fronds
- Plant
- Bracken, for example
- Plant that's rare in Slough
- Bracken
- Girl - bracken
- Plant on talk show sets
- Plant such as bracken
- Plant with feathery leaves
- Plant's found right in the middle of the bog
- Flowerless houseplant
- Plant without seeds or flowers
- Flat land protects river plant
- Marshy land providing habitat for rare plant
- Plant found in bogland bordering river
- Fiddlehead source
- Plant that doesn't blossom
- Office greenery
- Corsage greenery
- Frond plant
- Green housewarming gift
- Spore spawner
- Does it grow infernally?
- Plant that reproduces with spores
- Common plant
- Wilbur's human friend
- Fronded bearer
- Maidenhair
- Florist’s offering
- Certain fossilized plant
- “Charlotte’s Web” girl
- Many an office plant
- It grows wild, half frenzied!
- Fronded office greenery
- Parlor plant
- Plant that sparked the Victorian craze "pteridomania"
- Forest floor plant
- Spore-producing houseplant
- Marilee on "Dallas"
- Plant with no flowers or seeds
- Bracken, e.g.
- Fiddlehead producer
- Houseplant with spores
- Plant in a stegosaurus's diet
- Scottish comedian Brady
- Leaves in a waiting room?
- Prop for Zach Galifianakis's talk show
- Common plant for a "plant mom"
Last Seen In
- New York Times - September 18, 2026
- Mirror Daily - September 10, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - July 29, 2026
- Mirror Mini - July 10, 2026
- LA Times - April 26, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - April 10, 2026
- LA Times - March 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 24, 2026
- New York Times - February 22, 2026
- New York Times - February 05, 2026
- Daily American - January 24, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 16, 2026
- Your Life Choices - December 13, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 10, 2025
- LA Times - September 06, 2025
- LA Times - August 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 14, 2025
- Mirror Mini - July 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 25, 2025
- USA Today - February 02, 2025
- Daily American - January 29, 2025
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