- american shield fern
- noun
Usage: usually capitalized A: a woodland fern (Dryopteris spinulosa intermedia) of eastern No. America with pinnae bearing glandular hairs
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Goldie's shield fern — noun North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe • Syn: ↑Goldie s fern, ↑goldie s wood fern, ↑Dryopteris goldiana • Hypernyms: ↑shield fern, ↑buckler fern * * * noun see … Useful english dictionary
prickly shield fern — noun North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales • Syn: ↑Braun s holly fern, ↑Polystichum braunii • Hypernyms: ↑holly fern * * * noun : a No. American fern (Polystichum braunii)… … Useful english dictionary
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Fern — /ferrn/, n. a female given name. * * * Any of about 10,000–12,000 species (division Filicophyta) of nonflowering vascular plants that have true roots, stems, and complex leaves and reproduce by spores. Though ferns were once classified with the… … Universalium
Goldie's fern — noun North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe • Syn: ↑Goldie s shield fern, ↑goldie s wood fern, ↑Dryopteris goldiana • Hypernyms: ↑shield fern, ↑buckler fern * * * ˈgōldēz noun … Useful english dictionary
Wood fern — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
goldie's wood fern — noun North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe • Syn: ↑Goldie s fern, ↑Goldie s shield fern, ↑Dryopteris goldiana • Hypernyms: ↑shield fern, ↑buckler fern * * * noun see … Useful english dictionary
Braun's holly fern — noun North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales • Syn: ↑prickly shield fern, ↑Polystichum braunii • Hypernyms: ↑holly fern * * * ˈbrau̇nz noun Usage: usually capitalized B … Useful english dictionary
sweet fern — noun 1. mat forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia • Syn: ↑common polypody, ↑adder s fern, ↑wall fern, ↑golden maidenhair,… … Useful english dictionary
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