AMERICAN ROCK BRAKE

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Meaning:

Rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley

Synonyms:

American parsley fern; American rock brake; Cryptogramma acrostichoides

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("American rock brake" is a kind of...):

rock brake (dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns)

Holonyms ("American rock brake" is a member of...):

Cryptogramma; genus Cryptogramma (sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae)

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