bird's-foot fern

/fʊt fərn/
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Definitions of bird's-foot fern
  1. noun
    cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple-brown leafstalks
    synonyms: Pellaea mucronata, Pellaea ornithopus
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    type of:
    cliff brake, cliff-brake, rock brake
    any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
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