HyperDic: broad_buckler-fern

English > 1 sense of the expression *broad buckler-fern*:
NOUN	plant	broad buckler-fern, Dryopteris dilatata	European shield fern

English > *broad buckler-fern*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	European shield fern.
Synonym	Dryopteris dilatata
Member of	Dryopteris, genus Dryopteris	large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns
Broader	shield fern, buckler fern	Any of various ferns of the genera ... / genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori