(n)fern of Europe and Asia Minor having short slender rhizome and densely tufted bright green fronds resembling parsley, Syn.Cryptogramma crispa, mountain parsley fern
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n. one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems. Syn. -- family Cryptogrammataceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]