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

Words nearby parsley fern

parsifal, parsimonious, parsimony, parsley, parsley family, parsley fern, parsley piert, parsnip, parson, parson bird, parson's nose

Example sentences from the Web for parsley fern

  • 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