POLYSTICHUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polystichum mean? 

• POLYSTICHUM (noun)
  The noun POLYSTICHUM has 1 sense:

1. small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae

  Familiarity information: POLYSTICHUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYSTICHUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Polystichum; Polystichum

Hypernyms ("Polystichum" is a kind of...):

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Polystichum"):

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)

Holonyms ("Polystichum" is a member of...):

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)