The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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“If you put all those ferns in, it might give the impression that people didn’t have very much taste,” explained “The Shards” production designer Cat Smith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The ferns then supplied abundant dry fuel for new fires, after which they rapidly grew back and spread again.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The forest sees 15 million visitors each year, making it vulnerable to fires -- quite apart from its sandy soil and vegetation consisting of ferns and highly flammable conifers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Their rich, sheltered microclimates are home to mosses, lichens, fungi and ferns, with some species rarely found outside the remaining fragments of Cumbrian woodland.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
A vast low swale where ferns and hydrangeas and wild orchids lived on in ashen effigies which the wind had not yet reached.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
