fernery

American  

[fur-nuh-ree] / ˈfɜr nə ri /

noun

plural

ferneries

1. a collection of ferns in a garden or a potted display.

2. a place or a glass case in which ferns are grown for ornament.

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fernery British  

/ ˈfɜːnərɪ /

noun

1. a place where ferns are grown

2. a collection of ferns grown in such a place

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Etymology

Origin of fernery

First recorded in 1830–40; fern + -ery

Example Sentences

In the famous gardens just outside of Calcutta, the author visited a large conservatory occupied solely as a fernery, in which over thirty thousand specimens were classified.

From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray

One bright May morning found me busily turning over stones, clinkers, and old tree-roots in a fernery, which, having been long undisturbed, seemed a likely spot for the nest I wished to find.

From Wild Nature Won By Kindness by Brightwen, Elizabeth

“Where are you going now?” for Jack, with his eyes fixed on the end of the fernery, was moving slowly away.

From Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir by Garvice, Charles

"Come into the fernery and look at my palms and lilies," she said, rising to get her hat.

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.

Let us now walk through to the end of the fernery and return.

From Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century by Edson, Milan C.