Akademik

lip 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, ↑Cheilanthes alabamensis, ↑wooly lip fern, ↑hairy lip fern, ↑Cheilanthes lanosa, ↑southwestern lip fern, ↑Cheilanthes eatonii

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cheilanthes, ↑genus Cheilanthes

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noun

Etymology: so called from the liplike indusium

: a fern of the genus Cheilanthes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.