genus cheilanthes

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   small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae

   SynonymsCheilanthes

   Broaderfern genus

   Part ofPteridaceae

Questions about genus cheilanthes

What does genus cheilanthes mean?

genus cheilanthes means "small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae".

What is another word for genus cheilanthes?

Close synonyms include Cheilanthes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus cheilanthes a common word?

genus cheilanthes is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.