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fern⋅y

  [fur-nee]
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–adjective, fern⋅i⋅er, fern⋅i⋅est.
1. pertaining to, consisting of, or like ferns: ferny leaves.
2. abounding in or overgrown with ferns: ferny undergrowth.
Origin:
1515–25; fern + -y 1
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fern   (fûrn)   
n.  Any of numerous flowerless, seedless vascular plants having roots, stems, and fronds and reproducing by spores.

[Middle English, from Old English fearn; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
fern'y adj.
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