noun
rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
• Hypernyms: ↑rock brake
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cryptogramma, ↑genus Cryptogramma
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nounUsage: usually capitalized A
: a rock-inhabiting fern (Cryptogramma acrostichoides) of northern No. America
Useful english dictionary. 2012.