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English noun: rock brake

1. rock brake (plant) any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions


Synonymscliff brake, cliff-brake


Broader (hypernym)fern


Narrower (hyponym)bird's-foot fern, coffee fern, Pellaea andromedifolia, Pellaea atropurpurea, Pellaea mucronata, Pellaea ornithopus, purple rock brake


Member meronymgenus Pellaea, Pellaea

2. rock brake (plant) dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns


Broader (hypernym)fern


Narrower (hyponym)American parsley fern, American rock brake, Cryptogramma acrostichoides, Cryptogramma crispa, European parsley fern, mountain parsley fern


Member meronymCryptogramma, genus Cryptogramma

3. rock brake (plant) chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia


SynonymsAmerican wall fern, Polypodium virgianum, rock polypody


Broader (hypernym)polypody









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