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GOLDIE'S SHIELD FERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Goldie's shield fern mean?
• GOLDIE'S SHIELD FERN (noun)
The noun GOLDIE'S SHIELD FERN has 1 sense:
1. North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe
Familiarity information: GOLDIE'S SHIELD FERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dryopteris goldiana; Goldie's fern; Goldie's shield fern; goldie's wood fern
Hypernyms ("Goldie's shield fern" is a kind of...):
buckler fern; shield fern (any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori)
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"Pick the lesser of the two evils." (Arabic proverb)
"He who digs a pit for another falls into it himself." (Czech proverb)