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fernless

fernless

8.3
Having no ferns in a garden or area
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɜrn.ləs/
translation icon : sin helechos
  • She preferred a fernless landscape because it made spotting wildflowers easier.

Examples

  • The botanist was disappointed to find the area almost completely fernless.

  • After the drought, the once lush garden became fernless and dry.

  • This garden is completely fernless.

  • The fernless landscape looked barren.

  • After the drought, the once lush garden became fernless and dry.

  • The botanist was disappointed to find the area almost completely fernless.

  • She preferred a fernless landscape because it made spotting wildflowers easier.

Antonyms

ferned
8.5

Covered with many low green plants that have feather-like leaves

How Ferny

ferned
8.5
ferny
6.1
fernlike
6.3
fernless
8.3

Surface Forms

fernless positive

Morphology

fernless = fern (transparent) = fern + less

Productive adjective formed by adding the suffix '-less' to the noun 'fern', meaning 'without ferns'.

Etymology

Fernless is made from the plant name fern and the ending -less, which means 'without'. So a fernless place is simply a spot 'without' ferns, an easy image to remember when you think of a garden with no ferns.