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Word entry · 5 letters

ferny

Best crossword clue

"Covered with leafy fronds"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPart of speech adjectiveSorted efnryStarts with FEnds with Y1 clues
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Definitions

  1. abounding in or covered with ferns

Word origin

From Middle English ferny, from Old English fearniġ, equivalent to fern + -y.

Used in a sentence

  • “All kinds of mosses grew by the stream—tufty, flat, ferny, and curly, green, yellow and a whitish kind that was tipped with scarlet sealing wax.”
  • “Ralph had stopped smiling and was pointing into the lagoon. Something creamy lay among the ferny weeds.”
  • “We'll walk over the spring fields and through those ferny old woods.”

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01“Covered with leafy fronds”5 letters

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