grape fern

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grape fern - a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore casesfern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporesBotrychium, genus Botrychium - grape fern; moonwortBotrychium lunaria, common moonwort, moonwort - of America and Eurasia and AustraliaBotrychium matricariifolium, daisyleaf grape fern, daisy-leaved grape fern - of North America and EurasiaBotrychium multifidum, leathery grape fern - European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy frondsBotrychium virginianum, rattlesnake fern - American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle