parsley fern
Britishnoun
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a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands
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any of several other plants with crisped foliage, resembling that of parsley
Example Sentences
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They comprise the few fragile grasses that grew on the island before Homo sapiens landed, including the tiny parsley fern, half the length of your little finger.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2016
At the top a stone railway bridge, the interstices facing the sea full of parsley fern, wild maidenhair, hart's-tongue, and a beautiful species unknown to me.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
In dryer and more stony places, a pinnatifid club-moss stood up amongst the stones in crisp tufts, like the parsley fern on mountain-sides at home.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
Wordsworth, suddenly stopping before a little bunch of harebells, which along with some parsley fern, grew out of a wall, he exclaimed, 'How perfectly beautiful that is!
From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by Richardson, David Lester
Scrambling over a limestone wall tufted thick with parsley fern, he noticed Mabel stooping down over an object which lay among the heather where a rough cartroad approached a wooden bridge.
From The Protector by Bindloss, Harold
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