BIRD'S-FOOT FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bird's-foot fern mean? 

• BIRD'S-FOOT FERN (noun)
  The noun BIRD'S-FOOT FERN has 1 sense:

1. cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple-brown leafstalks

  Familiarity information: BIRD'S-FOOT FERN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIRD'S-FOOT FERN (noun)

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 ("bird's-foot fern" is a kind of...):

cliff-brake; cliff brake; rock brake (any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions)