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AMERICAN PARSLEY FERN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
Synonyms:
American parsley fern; American rock brake; Cryptogramma acrostichoides
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("American parsley fern" is a kind of...):
rock brake (dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns)
Holonyms ("American parsley fern" is a member of...):
Cryptogramma; genus Cryptogramma (sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae)