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CRYPTOGRAMMA ACROSTICHOIDES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cryptogramma acrostichoides mean?
• CRYPTOGRAMMA ACROSTICHOIDES (noun)
The noun CRYPTOGRAMMA ACROSTICHOIDES has 1 sense:
1. rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
Familiarity information: CRYPTOGRAMMA ACROSTICHOIDES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CRYPTOGRAMMA ACROSTICHOIDES (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American parsley fern; American rock brake; Cryptogramma acrostichoides
Hypernyms ("Cryptogramma acrostichoides" is a kind of...):
rock brake (dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns)
Holonyms ("Cryptogramma acrostichoides" is a member of...):
Cryptogramma; genus Cryptogramma (sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae)
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