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resurrection fern — noun fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa • Syn: ↑grey polypody, ↑gray polypody, ↑Polypodium polypodioides • Hypernyms: ↑polypody * * * noun Etymology … Useful english dictionary
resurrection plant — noun 1. densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions • Syn: ↑rose of Jericho, ↑Selaginella lepidophylla • Hypernyms: ↑spikemoss, ↑spike moss,… … Useful english dictionary
Blue Fern (train) — The Blue Ferns, an unofficial name, were temporary replacement locomotive hauled carriage trains between Wellington and Auckland on the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) in the North Island of New Zealand, in 1981 1984 and 1989 1990. Twist… … Wikipedia
resurrectionfern — resurrection fern n. An epiphytic, creeping American fern (Polypodium polypodioides) of warm regions, having fronds that curl up and appear dead in prolonged dry weather and expand under moist conditions. * * * … Universalium
Pleopeltis polypodioides — Taxobox name = Polypodium polypodioides image width = 240px image caption = Polypodium polypodioides on an oak limb after a brief rain image2 width = 240px image2 caption = Fronds on the same limb in desiccated state regnum = Plantae divisio =… … Wikipedia
Epiphyte — An epiphyte is an organism that grows upon or attaches to a living plant. Epiphyte is one of the subdivisions of the Raunkiær system. The term most commonly refers to higher plants, but epiphytic bacteria, fungi (epiphytic fungi), algae, lichens … Wikipedia
gray polypody — noun fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa • Syn: ↑grey polypody, ↑resurrection fern, ↑Polypodium polypodioides • Hypernyms: ↑polypody * * * noun : a No. American fern ( … Useful english dictionary
Socorro Dove — Taxobox image width = 240px image caption = Socorro Dove collecting nesting material Burgers Zoo, The Netherlands name = Socorro Dove status = EW status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes… … Wikipedia
Polypodiaceae — Pleopeltis polypodioides fronds on an oak limb Scientific classification … Wikipedia
spike moss — any of numerous plants of the genus Selaginella, allied to and resembling the club mosses. * * * ▪ plant any member of the plant genus Selaginella of the order Selaginellales with more than 700 species of mossy, in some cases fernlike,… … Universalium
