parsley fern
a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands
any of several other plants with crisped foliage, resembling that of parsley
Words Nearby parsley fern
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use parsley fern in a sentence
In the interstices of the stones spleenwort and the parsley-fern grow; there are mosses and lichens too, and stone-crop.
Poachers and Poaching | John WatsonThe parsley fern has a thick root-stock from which the fronds grow up in tufts.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinThe parsley fern sends up its green fronds in the month of May, and the fertile leaves follow soon after.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinHe found, for instance, a hill not far off which was entirely overgrown with the parsley-fern.
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City | S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Browse