- canker brake
- nounNorth American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds• Hypernyms: ↑fern• Member Holonyms: ↑Polystichum, ↑genus Polystichum
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canker brake
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cankerbrake — canker brake n. See Christmas fern. * * * … Universalium
Christmasfern — Christmas fern n. A North American evergreen fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance shaped fronds. Also called canker brake, dagger fern. * * * … Universalium
Christmas fern — noun North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance shaped fronds • Syn: ↑canker brake, ↑dagger fern, ↑evergreen wood fern, ↑Polystichum acrostichoides • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
dagger fern — noun North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance shaped fronds • Syn: ↑Christmas fern, ↑canker brake, ↑evergreen wood fern, ↑Polystichum acrostichoides • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
evergreen wood fern — noun 1. North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance shaped fronds • Syn: ↑Christmas fern, ↑canker brake, ↑dagger fern, ↑Polystichum acrostichoides • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Polystichum — noun small to medium sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae • Syn: ↑Polystichum • Hypernyms: ↑fern genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Dryopteridaceae, ↑family Dryopteridaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Polystichum acrostichoides — noun North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance shaped fronds • Syn: ↑Christmas fern, ↑canker brake, ↑dagger fern, ↑evergreen wood fern • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
