"holly fern" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly (synset 113220868)
is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
subtypes:
- braun's holly fern, polystichum braunii, prickly shield fern - North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales
- northern holly fern, polystichum lonchitis - evergreen European fern widely cultivated
- polystichum scopulinum, western holly fern - North American fern
belongs to: genus polystichum, polystichum - small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
Tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly;
Sometimes placed in genus Polystichum (synset 113216239)
is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores

same as: cyrtomium aculeatum, polystichum aculeatum