We found 2 definitions of cheilanthes from 2 different sources.
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cheilanthes - small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae | ||
genus Cheilanthes | ||
fern genus genera of ferns and fern allies | ||
family pteridaceae, pteridaceae one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided | ||
lip fern, lipfern any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semiarid temperate or tropical regions |