Of, or pertaining to ferns. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): || Resembling or characteristic of a fern, in appearance, smell, etc. || Covered in or filled with ferns; flanked or surrounded by ferns.
“Like all the other baneberries, the ferny leaves are a pleasure from spring to autumn.”
“On the other hand, a planting that combines large, tropical-looking leaves with fine-textured, ferny foliage will have pizzazz.”
“The plant has ferny, pinnately or ternately decompound leaves and produces compound umbels with small white or pinkish flowers that are attractive to bees.”
A characteristic fern-like pattern on a slide viewed under low power on a microscope, used as a sign when testing for ovulation or the presence of amniotic fluid.
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ferning of cervical mucus
n.宫颈粘液羊齿
属类：化学及生命科学
-医学-医学-
ferning of cervical mucus
n.宫颈粘液羊齿
属类：化学及生命科学-医学-医学
noun
1.A flowerless plant which has feathery or leafy fronds and reproduces by spores released from the undersides of the fronds. Ferns have a vascular system for the transport of water and nutrients.
‘Early nests are often in a shrub or on a bracken fern, and later nests are usually on the ground under a shrub, often a blueberry.’
‘The children collected leaves from plants such as ferns etc. which will be used for nature study purposes.’
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‘Early nests are often in a shrub or on a bracken fern, and later nests are usually on the ground under a shrub, often a blueberry.’
