Word Meanings - FEMALEFERN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

a common species of fern with large decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixfæmina), growing in many countries; lady fern. Note: The names male fern and female fern were anciently given to two common ferns; but it is now understood that neither has any sexual character. Syn. -- Female, Feminine. We apply female to the sex or individual, as opposed to male; also, to the distinctive belongings of women; as, female dress, female form, female character, etc.; feminine, to things appropriate to, or affected by, women; as, feminine studies, employments, accomplishments, etc. "Female applies to sex rather than gender, and is a physiological rather than a grammatical term. Feminine applies to gender rather than sex, and is grammatical rather than physiological." Latham.

• DRESSCIRCLE
  A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn.
• Commonish
  Somewhat common; commonplace; vulgar.
• Decompound
  To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.
• Female rhymes
  double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line.
• Individuality
  The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity.
• Namesake
  One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.
• Affectionated
  Disposed; inclined.
• Oppositionist
  One who belongs to the opposition party.
• Characterism
  A distinction of character; a characteristic.
• Characteristic
  Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
• DRESSCOAT
  A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasions of ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States army is a full-skirted frock coat.
• Commonition
  Advice; warning; instruction.
• Decompoundable
  Capable of being decompounded.
• Female fern
  a common species of fern with large decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixfaemina), growing in many countries; lady fern.
• Individualization
  The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized; individuation.
• Neither
  Not either; not the one or the other.
• Affectionately
  With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.
• Oppositipetalous
  Placed in front of a petal.

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