HyperDic: pellaea_atropurpurea

English > 1 sense of the expression Pellaea atropurpurea:
NOUNplantPellaea atropurpurea, purple rock brakevery short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes
English > Pellaea atropurpurea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningVery short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes.
Synonympurple rock brake
Broadercliff brake, cliff-brake, rock brakeAny of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions

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