(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule

Maidenhair (Adiantum spp.).

Any of many tropical ferns that have tall trunks topped with fronds, of the orders Cyatheales, Marattiales, and Osmundales, especially families Cyatheaceae, Dicksoniaceae, and Metaxyaceae in Cyatheales.

A variety of rock pigeon, Columba livia domestica, that has reverted to the wild (reverted to a wild state) and adapted itself to living in urban (villages, towns, and cities) or rural areas.

The fertilization of a plant by itself; self-pollination, autogamy.

plural of feral pigeon

(biochemistry) Any form of fermentation that produces a single acid, but especially the anaerobic conversion of pyruvic acid into lactic acid with concomitant oxidation of NADH to NAD

To undergo (or cause to undergo) cross-fertilization.

(medicine) The fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body; normally used as a treatment for infertility.

Of, or pertaining to ferns. / Resembling or characteristic of a fern, in appearance, smell, etc. / Covered in or filled with ferns; flanked or surrounded by ferns.