parsley fern

noun

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

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Historical Examples

He 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
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 Watson

parsley fern

Examples from the Web for parsley fern

Historical Examples

He found, for instance, a hill not far off which was entirely overgrown with the parsley-fern.

In the interstices of the stones spleenwort and the parsley-fern grow; there are mosses and lichens too, and stone-crop.