NOUN | plant | Polystichum aculeatum, holly fern, Cyrtomium aculeatum | tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly |
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Meaning | Tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum. | |
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Synonyms | holly fern, Cyrtomium 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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