English > genus Polystichum: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae. |
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Synonym | Polystichum |
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Member of | Dryopteridaceae, family Dryopteridaceae, Athyriaceae, family Athyriaceae | Alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems |
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Members | Christmas fern, canker brake, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern, Polystichum acrostichoides | North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds |
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holly fern | Any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly |
soft shield fern, Polystichum setiferum | European shield fern cultivated in many varieties |
Broader | fern genus | genera of ferns and fern allies |
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Spanish | genus polystichum, polystichum |
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Catalan | genus polystichum, polystichum |
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