- lip fern, lipfern - any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semi-arid temperate or tropical regions
--1 is a kind of fern
--1 is a member of Cheilanthes, genus Cheilanthes
--1 has particulars:smooth lip fern, Alabama lip fern, Cheilanthes alabamensis; wooly lip fern, hairy lip fern, Cheilanthes lanosa; southwestern lip fern, Cheilanthes eatonii