- dagger fern
- 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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dagger fern
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dagger fern. — See Christmas fern. * * * … Universalium
dagger fern. — See Christmas fern … 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
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
Christmas fern — an evergreen fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, having dense clusters of stiff fronds growing from a central rootstock. Also called dagger fern. [1875 80] * * * … Universalium
daggerfern — dagger fern n. See Christmas fern. * * * … Universalium
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
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
canker brake — noun North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance shaped fronds • Syn: ↑Christmas fern, ↑dagger fern, ↑evergreen wood fern, ↑Polystichum acrostichoides • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Member Holonyms: ↑ … 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
