parsley fern

British  

noun

1. a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands

2. any of several other plants with crisped foliage, resembling that of parsley

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Example Sentences

I saw this one sprig, I went up to it, and it was a parsley fern.

From Science Magazine

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

The tiny window was hardly a foot square, and had no glass in it, and a beautiful root of parsley fern grew luxuriantly on the sill, while all the crevices of the walls seemed full of lichens, bound together by the crimson stems of the creeping pellitory.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg