English noun: genus Pellaea | |||
1. | genus Pellaea (plant) genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae | ||
Synonyms | Pellaea | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fern genus | ||
Member holonym | button fern, cliff brake, cliff-brake, coffee fern, Pellaea andromedifolia, Pellaea rotundifolia, rock brake | ||
Member meronym | family Pteridaceae, Pteridaceae | ||