flower-cup fern

Definitions of flower-cup fern
  1. noun
    slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori
    synonyms: Alpine woodsia, Woodsia alpina, northern woodsia
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    type of:
    woodsia
    any fern of the genus Woodsia
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