PRICKLY SHIELD FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prickly shield fern mean? 

• PRICKLY SHIELD FERN (noun)
  The noun PRICKLY SHIELD FERN has 1 sense:

1. North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales

  Familiarity information: PRICKLY SHIELD FERN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRICKLY SHIELD FERN (noun)

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Meaning:

North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Braun's holly fern; Polystichum braunii; prickly shield fern

Hypernyms ("prickly shield fern" is a kind of...):

holly fern (any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly)