HyperDic: evergreen_wood_fern

English > 2 senses of the expression evergreen wood fern:
NOUNplantevergreen wood fern, Christmas fern, canker brake, dagger fern, Polystichum acrostichoidesNorth American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
plantevergreen wood fern, marginal wood fern, leatherleaf wood fern, Dryopteris marginalisNorth American fern with evergreen fronds
English > evergreen wood fern: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
MeaningNorth American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds.
SynonymsChristmas fern, canker brake, dagger 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
English > evergreen wood fern: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
MeaningNorth American fern with evergreen fronds.
Synonymsmarginal wood fern, leatherleaf wood fern, Dryopteris marginalis
Broaderwood fern, wood-fern, woodfernAny of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris

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