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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 parsleyplay

  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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