noun
sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae
• Syn: ↑genus Cryptogramma
• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pteridaceae, ↑family Pteridaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑rock brake, ↑American rock brake, ↑American parsley fern, ↑Cryptogramma acrostichoides
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\\ˌkriptəˈgramə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from crypt- + Greek gramma letter, line of a drawing, from graphein to scratch, write, draw; probably from the lines of sporangia, sometimes hidden by the reflexed margin of the frond — more at carve
: a genus of ferns (family Polypodiaceae) of arctic and north temperate regions having indusia formed by the revolute margins of fertile fronds that are much taller and have narrower divisions than the sterile ones — see rock brake
Useful english dictionary. 2012.