polystichum : Idioms & Phrases

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genus polystichum

  • noun small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
    Polystichum.
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polystichum acrostichoides

  • noun North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
    dagger fern; canker brake; evergreen wood fern; Christmas fern.
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polystichum aculeatum

  • noun tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum
    holly fern; Cyrtomium aculeatum.
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polystichum adiantiformis

  • noun widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
    leatherleaf fern; Rumohra adiantiformis; ten-day fern; leather fern.
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polystichum braunii

  • noun North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales
    prickly shield fern; Braun's holly fern.
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polystichum lonchitis

  • noun evergreen European fern widely cultivated
    northern holly fern.
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polystichum scopulinum

  • noun North American fern
    western holly fern.
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polystichum setiferum

  • noun European shield fern cultivated in many varieties
    soft shield fern.
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