NOUN | plant | Polystichum setiferum, soft shield fern | European shield fern cultivated in many varieties |
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Meaning | European shield fern cultivated in many varieties. | |
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Synonym | soft shield fern | |
Member of | Polystichum, genus Polystichum | small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns |
Broader | shield fern, buckler fern | Any of various ferns of the genera ... / genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori |
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