HyperDic: christmas_fern

English > 1 sense of the expression Christmas fern:
NOUNplantChristmas fern, canker brake, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern, Polystichum acrostichoidesNorth American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
English > Christmas fern: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningNorth American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds.
Synonymscanker brake, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern, Polystichum acrostichoides
Member ofPolystichum, genus Polystichumsmall to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns
BroaderfernAny of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward

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