What is "lipfern"

lipfern \lipfern\, lip fern \lip fern\n. (Bot.) any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; they are cosmopolitan in arid and semi-arid temperate or tropical regions.

n. any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semi-arid temperate or tropical regions [syn: lip fern]