ferny.

Full of ferns or resembling their divided fronds.

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Words that belong together

• ferny dell
• ferny foliage

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Water trickled through a ferny dell below the bridge.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Comparative more ferny; superlative most ferny when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: uncommon.