HyperDic: genus_cheilanthes

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cheilanthes:
NOUNplantgenus Cheilanthes, Cheilanthessmall evergreen ferns
English > genus Cheilanthes: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family ... / family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae.
SynonymCheilanthes
Member ofPteridaceae, family PteridaceaeOne of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Memberslace fern, Cheilanthes gracillimasmall tufted fern of northwestern America
lip fern, lipfernAny of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes
Broaderfern genusgenera of ferns and fern allies
Spanishcheilanthes, genus cheilanthes
Catalancheilanthes, Cheilanthes, genus cheilanthes

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