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fern·er·y

(fûr′nə-rē)

n. pl. fern·er·ies

1. A place or container in which ferns are grown.

2. A bed or collection of ferns.

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fernery

(ˈfɜːnərɪ)

n, pl -eries

1. (Botany) a place where ferns are grown

2. (Botany) a collection of ferns grown in such a place

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fern•er•y

(ˈfɜr nə ri)

n., pl. -er•ies.

1. a collection of living ferns.

2. a place where ferns are grown.

[1830–40]

Fernery

a collection of ferns, 1863.

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Along the foot trail which led down the side of the big canon to the intake of the water-pipe, they established their fernery. It was not a formal affair, and the ferns were left to themselves.

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Fernery Ramirez, a Chicago-area psychologist who specializes in at-risk youth and families, will be the keynote speaker this year.

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So much gorse and fernery was collected for fuel and fodder that residents were ordered, on pain of a fine, to store it away from their homes.

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The garden - with its rare fernery, stunning rose pergola, ponds, fountains, a trout stream and many smaller gardens - is considered one of the finest in the Tees area.

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His arms and legs were found 20 miles away in a DeLeon Springs fernery, police said.

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The mutilated arms and legs were found in a fernery in DeLeon Springs, which was 20 miles away, police officials said.  

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It has been carefully restored over the past decade and boasts an 18th century Union Jack Garden, a fernery and national collections of rhododendrons, camellias and magnolias - all at their best in mid June.

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The formal gardens include a Rose Garden, Winter Garden, herbaceous borders, the Scott Garden (with fountains, ponds and magnolias), a fernery, summer meadow, Prairie Garden and Crevice Garden (home to Alpine plants).

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The latter are the most confiding; but three of the green and golden frogs, domiciled in the fernery about a year ago, are so tame now that they rarely attempt to jump when touched or taken in the hand.

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