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fern house

fern house noun: a type of greenhouse or shadehouse for growing ferns.

Noun

fern house (plural fern houses)

  1. A type of greenhouse or shadehouse for growing ferns.
    • In the seclusion of the latticed fern house, now that dusk had fallen, he lit his pipe[.]1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 62

Forms of fern house

pluralfern houses

Questions about fern house

What does fern house mean?
Fern house means a type of greenhouse or shadehouse for growing ferns.
What part of speech is fern house?
Fern house is a noun.
What is the plural of fern house?
The plural of fern house is fern houses.

Words near fern house in the dictionary

  1. fern cake
  2. fern cakes
  3. fern gullies
  4. fern gully
  5. Fern Hill
  6. fern house
  7. fern houses
  8. fern moss
  9. fern pine
  10. fern pines
  11. fern seed

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