grape fern

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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grape fern - a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases fern - 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 lunaria, common moonwort, moonwort - of America and Eurasia and Australia 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