| grape fern n. Any of various ferns of the genus Botrychium, having a fertile frond bearing small, grapelike clusters of spore cases. Also called moonwort. |
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| Noun | 1. |  grape fern - a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore casesfern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores Botrychium, genus Botrychium - grape fern; moonwort Botrychium matricariifolium, daisy-leaved grape fern, daisyleaf grape fern - of North America and Eurasia Botrychium multifidum, leathery grape fern - European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy fronds Botrychium virginianum, rattlesnake fern - American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle |
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