Word: ferny
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: fern
y
Definition: Of, or pertaining to ferns; any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
Morphemes:
Affix: fern
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
Affix: -y
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”.