"Fern" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "From fern; in the case of the surname, it was given to someone who lived in a place where there was an abundance of these plants.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ferns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Fern (plural Ferns)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English female given names",
          "parents": [
            "Female given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1952, E. B. White, Charlotte's Web:",
          "text": "\"Charlotte is the best storyteller I ever heard,\" said Fern, poking her dish towel into a cereal bowl.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name."
      ],
      "id": "en-Fern-en-name-b1svBRzJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A topographic surname."
      ],
      "id": "en-Fern-en-name-ymcUgMw1",
      "links": [
        [
          "topographic",
          "topographic"
        ],
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɜːn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɝːn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/En-us-fern.ogg/En-us-fern.ogg.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fern"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)n",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)n/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fern; in the case of the surname, it was given to someone who lived in a place where there was an abundance of these plants.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ferns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Fern (plural Ferns)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English female given names",
        "English given names",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1952, E. B. White, Charlotte's Web:",
          "text": "\"Charlotte is the best storyteller I ever heard,\" said Fern, poking her dish towel into a cereal bowl.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A topographic surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "topographic",
          "topographic"
        ],
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɜːn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɝːn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-fern.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/En-us-fern.ogg/En-us-fern.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/En-us-fern.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fern"
}