ferny

[fur-nee]

adjective, fern·i·er, fern·i·est.

pertaining to, consisting of, or like ferns: ferny leaves.
abounding in or overgrown with ferns: ferny undergrowth.

Origin of ferny

First recorded in 1515–25; fern + -y¹

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Examples from the Web for ferny

Historical Examples of ferny

And we were cool in our ferny bower, out of the strong hot sunshine.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)
William Delisle Hay
This side was pretty, too, though there were no rocks nor ferny coves.
Hildegarde's Holiday
Laura E. Richards
I was the first to reach it, which I did by scrambling down the ferny bank.
A Tale of Three Lions
H. Rider Haggard
"You know Ferny Woods are much as a mile this side of the Moodys'," she was saying.
Country Neighbors
Alice Brown
We all sat down on the ferny slopes and p. 169waited and listened.
The Fishguard Invasion by the French in 1797
M. E. James