botrychium lunaria

3 definitions found

botrychium lunaria - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lunary \Lu"na*ry\, n. [Cf. F. lunaire.] (Bot.)
     (a) The herb moonwort or "honesty".
     (b) A low fleshy fern (Botrychium Lunaria) with lunate
         segments of the leaf or frond.
         [1913 Webster] Lunate

  Moonwort \Moon"wort`\ (m[=oo]n"w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.)
        (a) The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.
        (b) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. Botrychium  Lunaria
            ; -- so named from the crescent-shaped
            segments of its frond.
            [1913 Webster]

botrychium lunaria - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Botrychium lunaria
      n 1: of America and Eurasia and Australia [syn: moonwort,
           common moonwort, Botrychium lunaria]