prickly shield fern

prickly shield fern
noun
North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales
Hypernyms: ↑holly fern

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noun
: a No. American fern (Polystichum braunii) having its almost coriaceous more or less evergreen fronds densely chaffy with pale brown scales

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