Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small genus of boreal polypodiaceous ferns, the rock-brakes, distinguished from
Pellæa mainly by their dimorphic fronds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus sometimes placed in the family
Polypodiaceae orCryptogrammataceae .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae
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Examples
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On the old moraines and cliffs is found the pea fern (_cryptogramma acrostichoides_), so called because the pinnules of its fruiting fronds resemble those of a pea pod.
The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' John H. Williams
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Naturally enough the greater number are rock ferns -- pellaea, cheilanthes, polypodium, adiantum, woodsia, cryptogramma, etc., with small tufted fronds, lining cool glens and fringing the seams of the cliffs.
The Yosemite John Muir 1876
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