rock brake

rock brake
noun
1. chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia
• Hypernyms: ↑polypody
2. any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
• Syn: ↑cliff brake, ↑cliff-brake
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Hyponyms:
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pellaea, ↑genus Pellaea
3. dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cryptogramma, ↑genus Cryptogramma

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noun
: any of several ferns that grow chiefly on or among rocks: as
b. : a fern of the genus Cryptogamma

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rock brake noun
Parsley fern
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Main Entry: ↑rock

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rock brake,
any one of a group of low ferns of cool areas of the Northern Hemisphere.

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