Definition of Cheilanthes alabamensis

1. Noun. Southeastern United States to northern Mexico and Jamaica.

Exact synonyms: Alabama Lip Fern, Smooth Lip Fern
Generic synonyms: Lip Fern, Lipfern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheilanthes Alabamensis

Cheddaring
Chediak-Higashi disease
Chediak-Higashi syndrome
Chediak-Steinbrinck-Higashi anomaly
Chediak-Steinbrinck-Higashi syndrome
Cheek
Cheerio
Cheerio effect
Cheerios
Cheetos
Cheever
Chehalem berries
Chehalem berry
Chehalem blackberry
Cheilanthes
Cheilanthes alabamensis (current term)
Cheilanthes eatonii
Cheilanthes gracillima
Cheilanthes lanosa
Cheiranthus
Cheiranthus allionii
Cheiranthus asperus
Cheiranthus cheiri
Cheka
Chekhov
Chekhov's gun
Chekhovian
Chekov
Chelicerata
Chelidonium

Literary usage of Cheilanthes alabamensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Ferns in Their Haunts: A Guide to All the Native Species by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"Cheilanthes alabamensis. Cheilanthes is named from the Greek and may be translated as lip-fern. Its application is due to the lip-like ..."

2. Ferns: British and Exotic by Edward Joseph Lowe (1868)
"Cheilanthes alabamensis. KUNZE. HOOKER. J. SMITH. FEE. PLATE XVII.—A. VOL. IV. Pteris Alabamensis, BUCKLEY. " gracilis, RUGEL. MICHAUX. ..."

3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"Cheilanthes alabamensis I found last summer a few miles south of Chipley, which is about forty miles west of Chattahoochee. I had been having a tedious ride ..."

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