1. very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes; [syn: purple rock brake, Pellaea atropurpurea]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
purple rock brake
n 1: very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually
growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes
[syn: purple rock brake, Pellaea atropurpurea]