noun
any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semiarid temperate or tropical regions
• Syn: ↑lipfern
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Hyponyms:
↑smooth lip fern, ↑Alabama lip fern, ↑Cheilanthes alabamensis, ↑wooly lip fern, ↑hairy lip fern, ↑Cheilanthes lanosa, ↑southwestern lip fern, ↑Cheilanthes eatonii
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cheilanthes, ↑genus Cheilanthes
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nounEtymology: so called from the liplike indusium
: a fern of the genus Cheilanthes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.