paku — meaning in English

English meaning

• fern noun A leafy green plant with no flowers or seeds that reproduces by releasing tiny spores, often found in shady, damp places.
• nail noun The hard, flat plate at the tip of a finger or toe.

Senses

paku is used for these senses in English:

• fern Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
• nail A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.

nail — full definition

1. noun The hard, flat plate at the tip of a finger or toe.
2. noun A thin, pointed piece of metal hammered into wood or another material to join two things together.
3. verb To fasten something with a nail, or as if with a nail.
4. verb To do something perfectly or catch someone in the act (informal).

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