Etymology
Origin of ferny
Example Sentences
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He is also partial to dill’s yellow umbels, its ferny texture and its inclination to sow around.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2021
Up and up you go, boots pounding on fallen huckleberry leaves for three miles and 1,900 vertical feet up into the ferny Oregon Cascades.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2014
Some of the seaweeds look like lace or snow crystals, some are ferny and vinelike, while others beckon like mermaids bearing feathery tresses.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2014
Rocked him with one hand, gently, while she waved good-bye to Mama, and kept rocking long after her mother rounded the corner and disappeared into the ferny forest growth.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
In the foreground: the dense, ferny undergrowth of a forest, bordered by a few gnarled tree trunks rising upward.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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