1. resembling, containing, or covered with ferns
2. growing in or characteristic of a place where ferns thrive; shaded and moist

Examples

• The ferny undergrowth of the forest provided shelter for small animals.
• We walked through a ferny glade where sunlight barely penetrated the canopy.
• The garden had a ferny, woodland appearance with its shade-loving plants.
• Ferns created a ferny texture along the shaded stream bank.
• The ferny fronds of the bracken covered the hillside in summer.