| Library / English Dictionary |
GRAPE FERN
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("grape fern" is a kind of...):
fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grape fern"):
Botrychium lunaria; common moonwort; moonwort (of America and Eurasia and Australia)
Botrychium matricariifolium; daisy-leaved grape fern; daisyleaf grape fern (of North America and Eurasia)
Botrychium multifidum; leathery grape fern (European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy fronds)
Botrychium virginianum; rattlesnake fern (American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle)
Holonyms ("grape fern" is a member of...):
Botrychium; genus Botrychium (grape fern; moonwort)
