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
It looked like a refugee from the tropics, utterly out of place in this green and ferny wood.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
The road wound up and up, narrowly, between high ferny banks, and the trees arched together overhead.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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