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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions;
[syn: cliff brake, cliff-brake, rock brake]

2. dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns;

3. chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia;
[syn: rock polypody, rock brake, American wall fern, Polypodium virgianum]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rock brake n 1: any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions [syn: cliff brake, cliff-brake, rock brake] 2: dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns 3: chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia [syn: rock polypody, rock brake, American wall fern, Polypodium virgianum]