| NOUN | plant | holly fern | any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly |
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| plant | holly fern, Cyrtomium aculeatum, Polystichum aculeatum | tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly |
| Meaning | Any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly. | |
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| Member of | Polystichum, genus Polystichum | small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns |
| Narrower | Braun's holly fern, prickly shield fern, Polystichum braunii | North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales |
| northern holly fern, Polystichum lonchitis | evergreen European fern widely cultivated | |
| western holly fern, Polystichum scopulinum | North American fern | |
| Broader | fern | Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward |
| Meaning | Tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum. | |
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| Synonyms | Cyrtomium aculeatum, Polystichum aculeatum | |
| Broader | fern | Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward |
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