lip fern
1lip fern — noun any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semiarid temperate or tropical regions • Syn: ↑lipfern • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Hyponyms: ↑smooth lip fern, ↑Alabama lip fern, ↑ …
2lip fern — lipfern lipfern, lip fern lip fern . (Bot.) any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus {Cheilanthes}; they are cosmopolitan in arid and semi arid temperate or tropical regions. [WordNet 1.5] …
3lip fern — ▪ plant any of about 150 species of ferns of the genus Cheilanthes (family Pteridaceae), found in tropical and temperate regions, often in dry or seasonally dry climates. Most are small, sturdy, often evergreen plants that thrive in dry and …
4hairy lip fern — noun small North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely wooly • Syn: ↑wooly lip fern, ↑Cheilanthes lanosa • Hypernyms: ↑lip fern, ↑lipfern * * * noun : woolly lip fern …
5wooly lip fern — noun small North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely wooly • Syn: ↑hairy lip fern, ↑Cheilanthes lanosa • Hypernyms: ↑lip fern, ↑lipfern …
6Alabama lip fern — noun southeastern United States to northern Mexico and Jamaica • Syn: ↑smooth lip fern, ↑Cheilanthes alabamensis • Hypernyms: ↑lip fern, ↑lipfern …
7smooth lip fern — noun southeastern United States to northern Mexico and Jamaica • Syn: ↑Alabama lip fern, ↑Cheilanthes alabamensis • Hypernyms: ↑lip fern, ↑lipfern …
8southwestern lip fern — noun lip fern of Texas to Oklahoma and Colorado and Arizona and Mexico having tall erect tufted fronds • Syn: ↑Cheilanthes eatonii • Hypernyms: ↑lip fern, ↑lipfern …
9woolly lip fern — noun : a small No. American fern (Cheilanthes lanosa) having stipes and lower frond surfaces densely woolly …
10fern — fernless, adj. fernlike, adj. /ferrn/, n. any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a… …