Polystichum

noun

small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae

• Syn: ↑genus Polystichum

• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Dryopteridaceae, ↑family Dryopteridaceae, ↑Athyriaceae, ↑family Athyriaceae

• Member Meronyms:

↑Christmas fern, ↑canker brake, ↑dagger fern, ↑evergreen wood fern, ↑Polystichum acrostichoides, ↑holly fern, ↑soft shield fern, ↑Polystichum setiferum

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\\-kəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek polystichon, neuter of polystichos of many rows, of many lines

: a genus of chiefly northern ferns (family Polypodiaceae) having lanceolate pinnate or bipinnate often evergreen fronds with the veins free and the indusia lacking sinuses and centrally peltate — see christmas fern, holly fern

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Polysˈtichum /-kəm/ noun

(Gr stichos a row) a genus of shield-ferns also known by the name Aspidium

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Main Entry: ↑poly-