common moonwort

/ˌkɑmən ˈmunˌwʌrt/
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Definitions of common moonwort
  1. noun
    of America and Eurasia and Australia
    synonyms: Botrychium lunaria, moonwort
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    type of:
    grape fern
    a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases
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