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PELLAEA ORNITHOPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pellaea ornithopus mean?
• PELLAEA ORNITHOPUS (noun)
The noun PELLAEA ORNITHOPUS has 1 sense:
1. cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple-brown leafstalks
Familiarity information: PELLAEA ORNITHOPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple-brown leafstalks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bird's-foot fern; Pellaea mucronata; Pellaea ornithopus
Hypernyms ("Pellaea ornithopus" is a kind of...):
cliff-brake; cliff brake; rock brake (any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions)
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