Ferned

/fɜːrnd/ adjective

Definition

Covered with, filled with, or decorated with ferns.

Etymology

Past participle form of 'fern' used as a verb, following the standard English pattern of adding -ed to create adjectives meaning 'having' or 'covered with.'

Kelly Says

Victorian homes were obsessed with ferned gardens and ferned parlors—fern fever was so intense they actually over-collected wild ferns to extinction in some areas!

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