HyperDic: limestone_fern

English > 1 sense of the expression *limestone fern*:
NOUN	plant	limestone fern, northern oak fern, Gymnocarpium robertianum	yellow-green fern of rocky areas of northern hemisphere

English > *limestone fern*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Yellow-green fern of rocky areas of northern hemisphere.
Synonyms	northern oak fern, Gymnocarpium robertianum
Broader	fern	Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward