单词 | lip fern |
释义 | lip fern (once / 1181932 pages) n WORD FAMILY lip fern: lip ferns USAGE EXAMPLESThis species of lip fern may be distinguished from all the others within our limits by its smooth pinnæ. Tilton, George Henry, The Fern Lover's Companion—A Guide...(2010) This species like the other lip ferns is fond of rocks, springing from clefts and ledges. Tilton, George Henry, The Fern Lover's Companion—A Guide...(2010) It is said to be the "rarest, tallest and handsomest of the lip ferns." Tilton, George Henry, The Fern Lover's Companion—A Guide...(2010) n any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semiarid temperate or tropical regions Syn|Hypo|Hyper lipfern Alabama lip fern, Cheilanthes alabamensis, smooth lip fern southeastern United States to northern Mexico and Jamaica Cheilanthes lanosa, hairy lip fern, wooly lip fernsmall North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely wooly Cheilanthes eatonii, southwestern lip fernlip fern of Texas to Oklahoma and Colorado and Arizona and Mexico having tall erect tufted fronds fern any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores |
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