POLYSTICHUM ACULEATUM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Polystichum aculeatum mean?

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

1. tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum

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

Dictionary entry details

• POLYSTICHUM ACULEATUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cyrtomium aculeatum; holly fern; Polystichum aculeatum

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

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

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ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:

Polystichum acrostichoides