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Definition of Cheilanthes gracillima
1. Noun. Small tufted fern of northwestern America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheilanthes Gracillima
Literary usage of Cheilanthes gracillima
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1908)
"Frequent. S. Adiantum pedatum L. Wet rocks. S. cheilanthes gracillima Eaton.
Rocks. Hite's Cove and above. ..."
2. California Trees and Flowers: Descriptions of the Wild Flowers, Ornamental by Orcutt Seed and Plant Company (1891)
"Lace fern. Exquisite 10 03 CHEILANTHES CLEVELAND!.—Cleveland's Lip fern 9 oo
cheilanthes gracillima.—Graceful Lip fern 5 oo CHEILANTHES VISCIDA. ..."
3. Over the Sea and Far Away: Being a Narrative of Wanderings Around the World by Thomas Woodbine Hinchcliff (1876)
"... and also of the lovely cheilanthes gracillima, with bunches of young fronds
of velvety whiteness like those of C. elegans in our hothouses. ..."
4. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey by Timothy Abbott Conrad, William Hemsley Emory, Spencer Fullerton Baird, George Englemann, James Hall, Charles Christopher Parry, John Torrey, Arthur Carl Victor Schott, Charles Frédéric Girard, United States Dept. of the Interior (1858)
"The characters of a new species of this interesting genus are subjoined.
cheilanthes gracillima (sp. nov.) : fronde lineari-oblonga bipinnata; ..."
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