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fern seed
noun
the spores of ferns, formerly supposed to have the power to make persons invisible.
Origin:
1590–1600
1590–1600
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| fern seed | |
| —n | |
| the minute particles by which ferns reproduce themselves, formerly thought to be invisible. Possession of them was thought to make a person invisible | |
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Fern-seed
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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