1. genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae; [syn: Pellaea, genus Pellaea]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Pellaea
n 1: genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some
classification systems it is placed in the family
Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae [syn: Pellaea, genus
Pellaea]