genus polystichum

1. Small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns;
   In some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae (synset 113220343)
   is a type of: fern genus - genera of ferns and fern allies
   member holonym:

   • canker brake, christmas fern, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern, polystichum acrostichoides - North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
   • holly fern - any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly
   • polystichum setiferum, soft shield fern - European shield fern cultivated in many varieties
   belongs to: athyriaceae, dryopteridaceae, family athyriaceae, family dryopteridaceae - alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
   same as: polystichum

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