Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fern of the genus Chcilanthes: in allusion to the lip-like indusium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; they are cosmopolitan in arid and semi-arid temperate or tropical regions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semiarid temperate or tropical regions
- noun any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semiarid temperate or tropical regions
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