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moonwort

Pronunciation: /ˈmuːnwəːt/

Definition of moonwort

noun

  • a widely distributed fern with a single small frond of fan-shaped lobes and a separate spike bearing the spore-producing organs, growing typically in grassy uplands and old meadows.
    • Genus Botrychium, family Ophioglossaceae: several species, in particular B. lunaria

moonwort in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of moonwort in the US English dictionary