- purple cliff brake
- noun
: a small cliff brake (Pellaea atropurpurea) with purplish stipes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
purple cliff brake
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purple rock brake — noun very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes • Syn: ↑Pellaea atropurpurea • Hypernyms: ↑cliff brake, ↑cliff brake, ↑rock brake … Useful english dictionary
cliff brake — noun any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions • Syn: ↑cliff brake, ↑rock brake • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Hyponyms: ↑coffee fern, ↑Pellaea andromedifolia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
cliff-brake — noun any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions • Syn: ↑cliff brake, ↑rock brake • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Hyponyms: ↑coffee fern, ↑Pellaea andromedifolia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
rock brake — noun 1. chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia • Syn: ↑rock polypody, ↑American wall fern, ↑Polypodium virgianum • Hypernyms: ↑polypody 2. any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions … Useful english dictionary
Pellaea atropurpurea — ID 60420 Symbol Key PEAT2 Common Name purple cliffbrake Family Pteridaceae Category Fern Division Pteridophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI,… … USDA Plant Characteristics
John Boyd Thacher State Park — Infobox park park= John Boyd Thacher State Park image size= 275px caption= type= State Park location= Albany County, New York coordinates= 42° 38 57 74° 00 19 size= convert|2155|acre|ha|0 opened= 1914 operator= New York State annual visitors=… … Wikipedia
bird's-foot fern — noun cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple brown leafstalks • Syn: ↑Pellaea mucronata, ↑Pellaea ornithopus • Hypernyms: ↑cliff brake, ↑cliff brake, ↑rock brake * * * noun : a rock brake ( … Useful english dictionary
Pellaea mucronata — noun cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple brown leafstalks • Syn: ↑bird s foot fern, ↑Pellaea ornithopus • Hypernyms: ↑cliff brake, ↑cliff brake, ↑rock brake … Useful english dictionary
Pellaea ornithopus — noun cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple brown leafstalks • Syn: ↑bird s foot fern, ↑Pellaea mucronata • Hypernyms: ↑cliff brake, ↑cliff brake, ↑rock brake … Useful english dictionary
Pellaea atropurpurea — noun very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes • Syn: ↑purple rock brake • Hypernyms: ↑cliff brake, ↑cliff brake, ↑rock brake … Useful english dictionary
